Former Tottenham striker is new Ferencvaros supervisor

Robbie Keane has been appointed head coach at Hungarian champions Ferencvaros.

The 44-year-old former Liverpool, Leeds and Tottenham ahead gained the title in Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv final season and now has a brand new problem in Europe.

He replaces Pascal Jansen, who has moved to educate New York Metropolis FC, with Ferencvaros in second place within the desk after 16 video games.

📣 Announcement: Robbie Keane is the brand new head coach of Ferencváros.💚🤍 pic.twitter.com/dwr11oGpqY

— Ferencvárosi TC (@Fradi_HU) January 6, 2025

A press release on the membership’s official web site stated: “We announce the successor to Dutchman Pascal Jansen to guide our 35-time champion and 24-time cup winner group, because the 146-time nationwide group participant of the Republic of Eire Robbie Keane has signed on Monday.

“The brand new head coach arrived in Budapest on Sunday night and can go away on Tuesday to affix our group on the coaching camp in Spain.”

Keane moved into teaching in 2018 as player-manager at ATK in India and labored as an assistant to Eire boss Mick McCarthy throughout his second spell in cost, and later took up an identical position underneath former Spurs team-mate Jonathan Woodgate at Middlesbrough.

He was a part of Sam Allardyce’s employees at Leeds as they unsuccessfully tried to drag off an unlikely escape from Premier League relegation on the finish of the 2022-23 season, however was then provided the possibility to handle in his personal proper by Maccabi.

His first match in cost will probably be a Europa League sport towards Eintracht Frankfurt on 23 January.