Chelsea assistant manager Roberto Di Matteo happy with return, Kevin Keen replaces Sammy Lee at Liverpool
Di Matteo excited to be back at Chelsea
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 international spent seven years, from 1996 to 2002, playing for the Blues as a midfielder.
After retiring as a footballer, Di Matteo began his managerial career, starting with Milton Keynes Dons. He then moved on to Championship side West Bromwich Albion, whom he helped with a promotion to the English Premier League in 2010.
He was sacked the same season, after which he remained unemployed. However, the appointment of Andre Villas-Boas as Chelsea manager saw the return of Di Matteo as the assistant manager to the young Portuguese manager.
Di Matteo revealed he was happy at having returned to the London club, which he considered as his home. The Italian said while speaking to reporters:
“I feel very excited to be back at my home club, it's fantastic. I spent a large part of my professional career and many years of my life at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786.
I had a great time here and made many http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Friends-football-club-c39381, so it feels to me like my second home, or my home.
Kevin Keen appointed first-team coach at Liverpool
After the departure of Sammy Lee, Liverpool were on a hunt to find a replacement for the first-team coach. They have found the replacement in the form of former West Ham United care-taker manager Kevin Keen.
Keen has been with the Hammers since 2006, first as the reserve team coach but was named the care-taker manager on three different occasions. However, with West Ham now relegated, Keen is ready to move on.
He joins Steve Clarke at Anfield, who left Chelsea to first join West Ham and then http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809, in manager Kenny Dalglish’s managerial team. According to the Reds boss, they had found a suitable replacement for Lee.
Dalglish said in an interview:
“I'm delighted that Kevin is joining us to work alongside Steve Clarke coaching the first team squad.
He has previously worked with Steve at West Ham and has a good reputation and a good manner about him. He is highly respected in the game and will be a great addition to our technical staff.”
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