BRUSSELS (AP) — Former Bournemouth supervisor Scott Parker was employed Saturday as the brand new head coach of Belgian membership Membership Brugge.
The 42-year-old Parker had been out of labor since being fired by Bournemouth in August, having voiced his unhappiness relating to the Premier League membership’s strategy within the switch market.
Parker’s new job with the three-time Belgian champions will see him get a possibility to handle within the Champions League after they progressed to the knockout stage, the place they’re resulting from face Benfica when the competitors resumes in February.
Nonetheless, Membership Brugge is off the tempo within the Belgian league, 12 factors behind chief Genk in fourth after a 1-1 draw with OH Louvain on Monday.
That, approaching the again of a 4-1 house loss to St. Truiden within the Belgian Cup, led to the membership dismissing former Stoke and West Bromwich Albion midfielder Carl Hoefkens solely six months after he stepped up from his position as assistant when Alfred Schreuder left to interchange Erik ten Hag at Ajax.
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