Coventry City old boy news is provided by CoventryLive as a former Sky Blues midfielder from the team’s Premier League years accepts a high-profile position north of the border.
Philippe Clement, a former midfielder for Coventry City, has been named Rangers’ manager. The 49-year-old replaces Michael Beale, who was fired earlier this month. He has previously managed Monaco and Club Bruges. A three and a half year contract has been signed by him.
Gordon Strachan acquired Clement from Genk in 1998, and he appeared 16 times for the Sky Blues, including 12 Premier League games. When he shattered a cheekbone during a preseason friendly, he had a bad start. He consequently had to wait until mid-September to make his League Cup debut against Southend and until Halloween to make his Premier League debut against Arsenal at home
Before entering the coaching profession, he played more than 250 games for Club Bruges and was awarded 38 Belgium caps. Most recently, he was fired by Monaco in June after serving as manager for 18 months after his team placed sixth in Ligue 1.
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The Belgian, according to Rangers chairman John Bennett, “was the outstanding candidate across all the key criteria.”
He said that over the course of 10 days, a team led by chief executive James Bisgrove, board members, and former Rangers player and manager Graeme Souness examined “several high-calibre candidates” as part of the “carefully planned and comprehensive recruitment process.”
According to reports, the Scottish Premiership team had narrowed down their shortlist to Clement and Kevin Muscat, the head coach of the Yokohama F Marinos and a former Rangers defender.
Clement was hired the 19th manager of Rangers, and Bennett cited the Belgian’s “track record of winning titles” (including winning his domestic league trophy three seasons in a row).
Clement expressed his “huge excitement” at the opportunity to succeed at one of Europe’s most storied clubs on the Rangers website.
According to Rangers, the “new management team” will first see the playing group on Monday as they get ready for Hibernian’s visit on Saturday, which will start their work of eradicating Celtic’s seven-point lead.
