Roberto De Zerbi will be Brighton‘s head coach for four years after Brighton agrees with a deal with De Zebri. His coaching stint ended last July when he left Shakhtar Donetsk because of the current invasion of Russia to Ukraine. His arrival in Brighton in just in-time as they are without a head coach for a month already. Graham Potter, Brighton’s former head coach, left the club for Chelsea earlier this month.
De Zibri has had a colorful and promising coaching stint during the previous years. He first spent three years with Serie A side, Sassuolo before going to Shakhtar. During the time he was coaching, Sassuolo, he helped them achieve two eight-place finishes. On the other hand, just before he left Shakhtar, he managed to help them won last year’s Ukrainian Super Cup. With those achievements he has, Brighton has a better future ahead of them.
He already met with the executives of Brighton in London before he flew to Brighton to watch the team’s closed-doors friendly match at the Amex. De Zerbi already came up with his terms with his new team. His arrival in Brighton is just in time for their match against Liverpool this week. However, since there is only a week of preparation with him, he is hoping that he will have the team in place before their tough clash.
Brighton is currently fourth in the Premier League, and they are hoping that the arrival of their new coach will keep them still at the top of the league. Additionally, although the deal with De Zerbi is already agreed and confirmed, no official announcement was made yet. No announcements made yet as a respect to the recent passing of the Queen. Expect their official announcement few days from now.
Brighton’s chairman, Tony Bloom expressed his happiness as they managed to get De Zerbi in his team. According to him, with the brand of football De Zerbi has, he is confident of what he can bring to the Brighton squad.
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