Swans: Bradley in for Guidolin
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BOB Bradley became the first American manager in the English Premier League after being hired by Swansea City yesterday, finally landing the opportunity in a major European competition he had been chasing.
Swansea announced the hiring of the former US national team coach while saying it had fired Francesco Guidolin. The Italian coach has only been at the south Wales club since January but has lost his job after the team opened the season by winning only one of its seven league matches.
Swansea swiftly secured the release of Bradley from French second-tier club Le Havre, which he has been coaching since leaving Norwegian side Stabaek last year. Bradley called the Swansea job “a unique opportunity” in a parting message on Le Havre’s website.
“He is highly regarded as a coach and has a wealth of experience on the international and domestic front,” Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins said. “He is well aware of the club’s footballing philosophy and will provide us with strong leadership qualities and a renewed belief to compete at this level.”
Bradley’s coaching reputation grew after the 2009 Confederations Cup, where the Americans beat European champion Spain en route to the final. The US team followed it up by reaching the second round at the 2014 World Cup. Bradley also had a spell in charge of Egypt.
Like Le Havre, Bradley will be working under American ownership at Swansea. Steve Kaplan, a minority owner and executive vice chairman of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies, and Jason Levien, a part-owner of Major League Soccer’s DC United, took control of Swansea in July.
Bradley is not the only American manager in English soccer. David Wagner has started the League Championship season at Huddersfield by winning eight out of 11 games, taking the northern English team to top spot in the second tier.
Meanwhile, Aston Villa’s disappointing start to life outside the EPL cost manager Roberto Di Matteo his job after the club announced they had parted company yesterday.
Di Matteo, who won the UEFA Champions League while in charge of Chelsea 2012, lasted only 124 days. “The club decided to act following a run of disappointing results which has the left the team occupying 19th position in the Championship,” Villa said in a statement.
Di Matteo took over in June after Villa was relegated last season but has managed to win only one of 11 Championship matches, leaving the club two points above the relegation zone.
Assistant coach Steve Clarke will take charge as caretaker manager during the search for a new boss, the club added.
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