Tag: assistant

Jason Ayto: Arsenal assistant sporting director leaving club
23 May 2025 Off

Jason Ayto: Arsenal assistant sporting director leaving club

By Total Football News

Arsenal assistant sporting director Jason Ayto is leaving the club, BBC Sport understands.

The well-respected executive has decided to exit the Emirates Stadium ahead of the summer window.

Ayto worked under former sporting director Edu and was promoted into the position of interim sporting director after Edu left in November.

But Ayto will leave the club in due course, with the news announced to staff internally on Friday afternoon.

Andrea

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Darren O’Dea: Swansea City to name Celtic coach as assistant boss
22 May 2025 Off

Darren O’Dea: Swansea City to name Celtic coach as assistant boss

By Total Football News

Swansea City are close to finalising a deal to make Celtic’s Darren O’Dea their new assistant boss to head coach Alan Sheehan.

In March, Sheehan added former team-mates Richard Stearman and Mark Fotheringham to his backroom team on short-term deals.

But after being appointed Swansea’s head coach on a permanent basis, Sheehan said further changes to his staff were likely during the close season.

He has been targeting his fellow

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Watford: Zigor Aranalde replaces Paul Robinson as assistant coach
30 January 2025 Off

Watford: Zigor Aranalde replaces Paul Robinson as assistant coach

By Total Football News

Watford boss Tom Cleverley has made a backroom reshuffle, replacing first-team coach Paul Robinson with the Hornets’ former assistant Zigor Aranalde.

Midlands-based Robinson, who joined as assistant coach in October, has taken a step back to an opposition analysis role because of “family considerations”.

Aranalde, who worked under previous head coach Javi Gracia between January 2018 and September 2019, returns to Vicarage Road.

“I’ve got a huge amount of

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West Bromwich Albion: Ex-Manchester United assistant Rene Hake in contention for manager job
8 January 2025 Off

West Bromwich Albion: Ex-Manchester United assistant Rene Hake in contention for manager job

By Total Football News

Former Manchester United assistant head coach Rene Hake is a contender to become West Bromwich Albion’s new boss.

The 53-year-old is on the shortlist to replace Carlos Corberan as the Baggies close in on the Spaniard’s replacement.

Dutchman Hake is available after leaving Old Trafford in November following Erik ten Hag’s sacking.

He only moved to United in July, to work under ten Hag along with Ruud van Nistelrooy, having

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FPL assistant manager chip: When to play it and which manager has best games?
23 December 2024 Off

FPL assistant manager chip: When to play it and which manager has best games?

By Total Football News

There are three key things to consider when planning for the chip, aside from making sure you have some spare cash.

Playing other chips

Firstly, when the chip is active, you can’t play any other chips. So think about when you might want to use Triple Captain and make sure you have a rough plan for using your wildcard.

Wildcarding in the weeks before you play the Assistant Manager chip

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Mike Phelan: Experience key to coach becoming Wayne Rooney’s assistant
9 December 2024 Off

Mike Phelan: Experience key to coach becoming Wayne Rooney’s assistant

By Total Football News

Plymouth Argyle head coach Wayne Rooney says he and the club will benefit from Mike Phelan’s experience.

The former assistant manager at Manchester United has been brought in at Argyle to work as Rooney’s number two after Pete Shuttleworth left the club for personal reasons.

Rooney says it was his decision to try and get Phelan, who has also worked as manager at Hull City and had spells coaching at

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Plymouth Argyle: Mike Phelan becomes Wayne Rooney’s assistant at Championship club
8 December 2024 Off

Plymouth Argyle: Mike Phelan becomes Wayne Rooney’s assistant at Championship club

By Total Football News

Shuttleworth, 45, was appointed as Rooney’s number two in June and had assisted the former England skipper throughout his managerial career, working alongside him at Birmingham City, DC United and Derby County.

Shuttleworth has also worked with the Republic of Ireland as a coach, and was in the dugout when they played England in their Uefa Nations League match at Wembley last month.

“I am sad to see Pete leave

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Brighton: Daniel Niedzkowski appointed assistant head coach to Fabian Hurzeler
9 November 2024 Off

Brighton: Daniel Niedzkowski appointed assistant head coach to Fabian Hurzeler

By Total Football News

Brighton have appointed German Daniel Niedzkowski as assistant head coach.

The 47-year-old will leave his role as head of the German football federation’s coach training programme to join Brighton in January, subject to being granted a work permit.

Fabian Hurzeler, who took over as Brighton manager this summer, trained under Niedzkowski.

“He will be an excellent addition to our coaching team,” Hurzeler said.

“He is somebody I know very well

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Sunderland: Portuguese Pedro Ribeiro named assistant head coach
8 October 2024 Off

Sunderland: Portuguese Pedro Ribeiro named assistant head coach

By Total Football News

Ribeiro moved into coaching when he was only 19 and eventually worked his way up to be an assistant coach at Porto and then with Al Ahli in Saudi Arabia, Olympiacos, Fenerbahce and 1860 Munich.

From there, Ribeiro took his first managerial job when he was 32, back in Portugal with Gil Vicente.

He has since had four other head coach roles, most recently with Leixoes in the Portuguese second

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Chris Cohen: Stoke City appoint Lincoln assistant as first-team coach
14 June 2024 Off

Chris Cohen: Stoke City appoint Lincoln assistant as first-team coach

By Total Football News

Stoke City have appointed Lincoln City’s assistant head coach Chris Cohen as their new first-team coach.

The 37-year-old former Nottingham Forest midfielder worked under Imps boss Michael Skubala for six months.

He was previously assistant to Nathan Jones at Luton Town and Southampton.

“He has an excellent reputation within the game and his work is highly regarded by coaches, players and club owners alike,” said Stoke’s sporting director

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