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It ends Cardiff’s prolonged search for a new manager having sacked Omer Riza just weeks before their relegation from the Championship was confirmed in April.
Charlton Athletic’s Nathan Jones and Wales captain Aaron Ramsey, who had taken temporary charge after Riza’s departure, had been targeted by Cardiff during the process.
But Barry-Murphy emerged as the frontrunner for the role after advanced talks last week and will now be given the
Pezzolano’s 15-year playing career as an attacking midfielder took him across Uruguay, Brazil, Spain and China.
He began his managerial career in his home country with Montevideo City Torque where he won the Segunda Division title in 2017.
In Brazil, he won promotion to Serie A with Cruzeiro before achieving the same feat in Spain, taking Real Valladolid to La Liga.
However, Pezzolano was sacked in November with Valladolid
The appointments come almost a fortnight after Muslic said he wanted answers on who would take on the roles – which have been vacant for much of 2025.
“Following Neil Dewsnip’s departure we reviewed the structure of our football leadership department and spoke openly about our desire to appoint a sporting director,” chief executive Andrew Parkinson told the club website.
“Following further thought and advice from external consultants, introducing the
A former BBC journalist and a director of the Women’s Sports Group, Kogan helped negotiate a rights deal for the Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship last year.
He was the Premier League’s media rights advisor from 1998 to 2015. He also has close links to the Labour party, having written two books about them, and having made a number of donations to the party’s candidates.
Stacey said that when he paid his first visit to the Foundation, whose members include TV presenter Jake Humphrey, he had not planned on being involved long-term.
But he added: “Just by going down there and seeing the impact CSF have, seeing the progress of the children that go there – it gives them a safe space to enjoy, to come and play football and progress when they go back
Stoke City have named Ian Torrance as their new head of recruitment.
He has spent the past year in Italy in a similar role with Serie A club Como and replaces Lee Darnbrough who left the club in February after just eight months at the bet365 Stadium.
Torrance spent 13 years with Southampton, eventually becoming their chief scout before leaving to join Como in time for their first season back
Burnley defender CJ Egan-Riley has been named the EFL’s young player of the month for February.
The 22-year-old was part of the Clarets side which kept six clean sheets last month in their record 12-game run without conceding a goal in the Championship.
“I’m enjoying my football and we’ve got a goal here to get back to the Premier League,” Egan-Riley told BBC Radio Lancashire in a recent interview.
Egan-Riley,
Gary Rowett has been named the Championship manager of the month for January and joked he hoped he wouldn’t win “because of the so-called curse”.
The Oxford United boss was chosen by an EFL panel on Friday morning after an incredible start at the Kassam Stadium.
After only taking over on 20 December, he guided the U’s to an unbeaten first full month at the helm, taking 12 points from
Burnley keeper James Trafford has been named the Championship player of the month for January.
The 22-year-old did not concede a single goal, keeping six clean sheets and saving two Wilson Isidor penalties in the dying minutes to ensure a point against promotion-rivals Sunderland.
Burnley manager Scott Parker told the EFL website, external: “This is well deserved. James has been incredible all season, not just this month. Since
Moyes was handpicked by Sir Alex as his successor at Old Trafford but failed to see out the 2013-14 season.
He was sacked in April 2014 after 10 months in charge, with United seventh in the table and unable to qualify for the Champions League.
Moyes had a year in La Liga with Sociedad before returning to English football with Sunderland, who were relegated from the Premier League in 2016-17.