Garry Monk has been appointed as Leeds United head coach on a one-year rolling
contract.
Chad Henne Jersey . Monk has been out of work
since he was sacked by Swansea in December, while Championship side Leeds parted
company with Steve Evans on Tuesday night.The 37-year-old, who was a
long-serving player at Swansea and took over as boss in February 2014, becomes
the seventh manager at Elland Road since Massimo Cellino acquired the club in
April 2014. Monk told his new clubs official website: It feels great to be here.
Im extremely honoured to join Leeds United Football Club - we all know the
history of the club and the standing it has in English football.I feel really
honoured to be here and Im really looking forward to the challenge ahead. The
passion of the fans, the history and the ambition of the owner all ties in with
what I wanted to do. Monk is presented as the new Leeds United manager. Image
courtesy of Leeds United on Twitter (@LUFC) I want to be challenged and really
get my teeth into a big project. That was the underlying factor throughout the
whole process and thats the reason why Im here today.This is definitely the
right challenge for me and Im really happy to be here.Evans only took charge
last October and guided Leeds to 13th place in the Championship last season, but
Cellino said on Tuesday that a different approach is required in order to
achieve our targets for the new season. Cellinos 43 managers The Leeds owners
record of sacking managers And, having been rebuffed in his efforts to land MK
Dons boss Karl Robinson and Bristol Rovers manager Darrell Clarke, the Italian
turned his attention to Monk.After appointing Monk, Cellino said: Im very
pleased to welcome Garry Monk to Leeds United.Garry is part of a new generation
of coaches in England and has a lot of potential to develop, which is something
we were targeting for the new season.I believe hes very suited to continuing the
growth of our young and improving team. He will bring new strengths and a lot of
energy to the squad. Leeds chairman Massimo Cellino has made Monk his seventh
manager at Elland Road He was a fighter as a player and now hes the same as a
manager - as we saw when he did very well at Swansea City. I feel he can really
bring the best out of the team.It is a big challenge but Garry is very
determined and he trusts himself with this job - he really wanted to come here.
That is something which has impressed me a lot.We have chosen to take on the
challenge together and we are focused on achieving our goals in the new season.
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