World Soccer - UK (2020-02)

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

EUROPE

Manchester City assistant manager

MIKEL ARTETA joined Arsenal and

became the Premier League’s youngest

manager at 37. CARLO ANCELOTTI took

charge of Everton, while DAVID MOYES

returned as West Ham United boss after

they dismissed Manuel Pellegrini.

Barcelona dismissed Ernesto Valverde

and replaced him with former Real Betis

coach QUIQUE SETIEN.

Eredivisie strugglers ADO Den Haag

appointed ALAN PARDEW as coach,

with CHRIS POWELL as his assistant.

Monaco appointed former Spain

boss ROBERT MORENO as coach after

sacking Leonardo Jardim.

GIUSEPPE IACHINI was appointed

coach of Fiorentina, who sacked

Vincenzo Montella. Genoa made DAVIDE

NICOLA their third coach of the season.

Former Italy under-21 chief DEVIS

MANGIA was appointed coach of Malta.

DEJAN STANKOVIC left his role at

Internazionale youth academy to take

charge of Serb side Red Star Belgrade.

ABELARDO FERNANDEZ replaced

Pablo Machin as coach of Espanyol with

the side bottom of La Liga.

Despite being in the last 32 of the

Europa League, Braga sacked Ricardo Sa

Pinto and brought in RUBEN AMORIM.

Kilmarnock appointed ALEX DYER

as manager until the end of the Scottish

Premiership season after they dismissed

Angelo Alessio.

SOUTH AMERICA

JORDI CRUYFF was appointed

national coach of Ecuador.

RAFAEL DUDAMEL stepped down

as coach of Venezuela to take over at

Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro.

CONCACAF

Vancouver Whitecaps paid a club-

record fee for Canadian striker LUCAS

CAVALLINI, with reports suggesting

Mexican side Puebla received $6million.

New MLS side Inter Miami named two-

time CONCACAF Champions League-

winning boss DIEGO ALONSO as their

first coach. Former Celtic manager

RONNY DEILA left Valerenga in his

Norwegian homeland to take charge

of New York City.

Former Bahrain and New Zealand

national coach ANTHONY HUDSON

took charge of the USA’s under-20 side.

AFRICA

VICTORIA CONTEH became the

first woman to coach a men’s team in

the Sierra Leone Premier League after

joining East End Tigers.

Former Croatia coach ANTE CACIC

took charge of Egyptian side Pyramids.

ASIA

LI TIE was named coach of China,

while Serbian IVAN JOVANOVIC took

charge of United Arab Emirates.

GIOVANNI VAN BRONCKHORST

was appointed coach of Chinese side

Guangzhou R&F.

“I’m finally here. I will make

San Siro jump for joy again”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic modestly announces his return to Milan

Forlan takes charge of Penarol

DIEGO FORLAN was named coach of Penarol after

announcing his retirement as a player at the end of last

year. The former Manchester United, Villarreal and Atletico

Madrid striker won the 2016 Uruguayan championship

with Penarol in his only season as a player with the club.

THE WORLD THIS MONTH

New team...ADO Den Haag general

director Mohammed Hamdi with Alan

Pardew (right) and Chris Powell

Chinese task...

Giovanni Van

Bronckhorst

Record...

Lucas Cavallini