Hull City have appointed Marco Silva as their manager on a deal until the end of the season.
The 39-year-old replaces Mike Phelan, who was sacked as head coach on Tuesday with Hull bottom of the Premier League following a run of one win in 10 matches.
“Marco is a young coach who has impressed us with his philosophy and football style,” the club’s vice-chairman, Ehab Allam, said in a statement.
“He has a great track record and we feel this is a bold and exciting appointment in our aim to retain the club’s Premier League status.
“Marco will be bringing in his own backroom team who have all played their part in his recent success. We are already working hard with Marco and his team to deliver some key additions to our squad during this transfer window.”
Silva has coached at Estoril, Sporting Lisbon and Olympiakos, leading the former to Portugal’s top division, Sporting to the Portuguese cup in 2015 and the latter to the Greek title last season. He left Olympiakos for personal reasons shortly after and thus was immediately available to Hull.
The Portuguese coach has no experience of English football and speaks only limited English but he will have to quickly get to grips with the task of keeping Hull in the top flight. They are three points from safety and their next league game is against Bournemouth at the KCom Stadium on 14 January.
Before that are two cup ties – the visit of Swansea City in the FA Cup third round on Saturday and the EFL Cup semi-final first‑leg trip to Manchester United on Tuesday. Silva is expected to be in charge for both.
https://www.theguardian.com/football...as-new-manager
The 39-year-old replaces Mike Phelan, who was sacked as head coach on Tuesday with Hull bottom of the Premier League following a run of one win in 10 matches.
“Marco is a young coach who has impressed us with his philosophy and football style,” the club’s vice-chairman, Ehab Allam, said in a statement.
“He has a great track record and we feel this is a bold and exciting appointment in our aim to retain the club’s Premier League status.
“Marco will be bringing in his own backroom team who have all played their part in his recent success. We are already working hard with Marco and his team to deliver some key additions to our squad during this transfer window.”
Silva has coached at Estoril, Sporting Lisbon and Olympiakos, leading the former to Portugal’s top division, Sporting to the Portuguese cup in 2015 and the latter to the Greek title last season. He left Olympiakos for personal reasons shortly after and thus was immediately available to Hull.
The Portuguese coach has no experience of English football and speaks only limited English but he will have to quickly get to grips with the task of keeping Hull in the top flight. They are three points from safety and their next league game is against Bournemouth at the KCom Stadium on 14 January.
Before that are two cup ties – the visit of Swansea City in the FA Cup third round on Saturday and the EFL Cup semi-final first‑leg trip to Manchester United on Tuesday. Silva is expected to be in charge for both.
https://www.theguardian.com/football...as-new-manager
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