Patrick Vieira employed as Crystal Palace supervisor for third teaching position
Former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira was employed as Crystal Palace supervisor on Sunday for his third senior teaching position.
Vieira signed a contract till 2024 because the alternative for Roy Hodgson, who stepped down on the finish of final season after 4 years answerable for the south London membership.
“I am really excited to have this opportunity to return to the Premier League, and manage this great football club as we begin a new chapter together,” Vieira stated.
“The club has fantastic foundations in place after many years in the Premier League, and I hope we can make further improvements and continue to drive the club forward.”
Proud and excited to be a part of this new journey. I need to thank the @CPFC board for his or her belief & thank the followers for the quantity of help I’ve been getting for the previous few days. I can’t wait to see you there, again the place it began @premierleague. Come on you Eagles 🦅❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/fa8BO6LZgW
— Patrick Vieira (@OfficialVieira) July 4, 2021
The 45-year-old Vieira was fired by French membership Nice in December after two-and-a-half years as its coach. Before that, he managed MLS facet New York City for 2 years, having beforehand had a job answerable for the academy at Manchester City, one of many golf equipment within the latter a part of his distinguished taking part in profession.
New York City is amongst a portfolio of soccer golf equipment owned by the City Football Group, of which Man City is the headline crew.
As a participant, Vieira was finest recognized at membership stage for his 9 years with Arsenal underneath Arsene Wenger, the place he helped the crew win three Premier League titles and captained the Gunners to an unprecedented unbeaten league marketing campaign in 2003-04.
With France, he was a World Cup and European Championship winner.
The boss’ story to this point 💪#CPFC | https://t.co/utMcYSDkhb pic.twitter.com/NRNfuzDd4G
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) July 4, 2021
Palace begins the brand new season away to Chelsea on Aug. 14 and faces Tottenham, Liverpool, Leicester plus his outdated facet, Arsenal, within the opening two months of the marketing campaign.
Vieira will even should cope with an enormous turnover of gamers after a number of departed on the finish of final season, whereas the ageing squad stays in determined want of reinforcements.
Hodgson introduced stability to increase Palace’s run within the Premier League to 9 consecutive seasons. While this can be a step into the unknown for chairman Steve Parish and the board, they’ll hope it’s the starting of a brand new period for a membership that’s used to battling relegation.
“I’m delighted and excited that Patrick has agreed to join Crystal Palace as our manager,” Parish stated, “following successfully learning his trade at the City Group, and experiencing positive managerial spells at New York City and then Nice.”
