We are pleased to announce the appointment of Roberto De Zerbi as our new Men\u2019s Head Coach on a long-term contract, subject to work permit.<\/p>\n
Roberto said: \u201cI am delighted to be joining this fantastic football club, which is one of the biggest and most prestigious in the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn all my discussions with the Club\u2019s leadership, their ambition for the future has been clear \u2013 to build a team capable of reaching great achievements, and to do that playing a style of football that excites and inspires our supporters. I am here because I believe in that ambition and have signed a long-term contract to give everything to deliver it.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur short-term priority is to climb the Premier League table, which will be the complete focus until the final whistle of the last game of the season. I\u2019m looking forward to getting out on the training pitch and working with these players to achieve that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sporting Director, Johan Lange, said: \u201cRoberto was our number one target for the summer and we are very pleased to be able to bring him in now.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is one of the most creative and forward-thinking coaches in world football, and brings with him a wealth of experience at the highest level, including in the Premier League.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following a playing career of almost 300 appearances across 15 years, Brescia-born Roberto began coaching in his native Italy and in June, 2018, joined Serie A side Sassuolo, earning recognition for his exciting, attack-minded and possession-based approach.<\/p>\n
He took charge of Shakhtar Donetsk in May, 2021, leading them to the UEFA Champions League group stage and the Ukrainian Super Cup \u2013 his first piece of silverware as a coach.<\/p>\n
Heading to East Sussex to join Brighton & Hove Albion in September, 2022, Roberto helped secure the Seagulls\u2019 highest ever Premier League finish in his debut season, earning European qualification for the first time in the club\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
In his most recent role at Marseille, the Ligue 1 side finished as runners-up in 2024\/25, earning a spot in the UEFA Champions League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We are pleased to announce the appointment of Roberto De Zerbi as our new Men\u2019s Head Coach on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-505581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}