Tag: successor

Liam Delap signs for Nottingham Forest: From Harry Kane’s successor to Chelsea outcast – can he thrive at new club?
27 August 2026 Off

Liam Delap signs for Nottingham Forest: From Harry Kane’s successor to Chelsea outcast – can he thrive at new club?

By Total Football News

“Can Liam play for the biggest clubs in the country, the biggest clubs in the world? He certainly can. I fully believe that.” The words of McKenna when Delap began to be linked with a raft of top-flight teams towards the end of 2024-25.

The son of former Derby County defender Rory ultimately opted for Stamford Bridge.

The decision to join a congested Chelsea squad as a still-raw talent was

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Brentford appoint Keith Andrews as Thomas Frank’s successor
27 June 2025 Off

Brentford appoint Keith Andrews as Thomas Frank’s successor

By Total Football News

Brentford considered a number of external candidates for the job including Ipswich Town’s Kieran McKenna and Francesco Farioli, who left Ajax last month.

While owner Matthew Benham’s decision to hand Andrews the reins may be considered a gamble, it does represent a level of continuity in keeping with what has gone before.

Frank was promoted from his role as an assistant to take charge in 2018 when Dean Smith left

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Gerhard Struber: Bristol City name Austrian as Liam Manning’s successor
19 June 2025 Off

Gerhard Struber: Bristol City name Austrian as Liam Manning’s successor

By Total Football News

Ed Hadwin, BBC Radio Bristol:

Gerhard Struber is only Bristol City’s second-ever manager from mainland Europe, and their first since Swede Benny Lennartsson’s shortlived spell at Ashton Gate, which lasted just eight months and ended in July 1999.

Struber’s only spell managing in England came in 2019-20, when he kept Barnsley in the Championship, before then moving to the City Football Group where he managed teams in both New York

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Wayne Rooney ‘tried his best’ says Plymouth Argyle successor Miron Muslic
2 May 2025 Off

Wayne Rooney ‘tried his best’ says Plymouth Argyle successor Miron Muslic

By Total Football News

Plymouth Argyle head coach Miron Muslic says Wayne Rooney should not be blamed for the club’s pending relegation from the Championship.

The former England captain left the Pilgrims on 31 December with them bottom of the second tier.

Rooney guided Argyle to just four league wins and 13 defeats in 23 Championship matches in charge.

Since taking over in January, Muslic has led Plymouth to eight win and eight losses

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Ruben Amorim: Manchester United in talks over Erik ten Hag successor
28 October 2024 Off

Ruben Amorim: Manchester United in talks over Erik ten Hag successor

By Total Football News

Manchester United are in talks about appointing Sporting manager Ruben Amorim as Erik ten Hag’s replacement.

Dutchman Ten Hag was sacked on Monday following the side’s poor start to the season.

Amorim, 39, is a highly regarded coach who has won two Portuguese league titles with Sporting – including their first in 19 years – since joining in 2020.

The extent of the talks over Amorim are not known.

It

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