Durham City hope to appoint manager with 'Champions League experience'

Northern League Division Two strugglers Durham City are hoping to appoint a manager with “Champions League experience” – but the Coronavirus epidemic is holding up talks with the potential appointment.
Durham City hope to appoint a new manager.Durham City hope to appoint a new manager.
Durham City hope to appoint a new manager.

The Citizens currently sit at the bottom of the Division Two table after winning just two of their 26 league fixtures.

City forward Michael Young is currently in charge of first team affairs for the time being and he became the club’s third managerial appointment of the season when he was placed in caretaker charge following the departure of Andy Inness and Ross Flintoft in October.

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But now one of the targets to fill their managerial vacancy on a permanent basis has experience of playing in European football’s premier club competition, the UEFA Cup and the Premier League.

The Echo understands that the prospective managerial candidate would also run the club’s newly-created academy, as well as overseeing first team affairs.

Chairman Gary Hutchinson told The Echo: “We are awaiting news on the Football Association and Northern League’s decision when it comes to completing the season.

“We will respect any decision, but I do hope that we aren’t relegated because we have put in a lot of hard work over the last couple of months to bring in new board members and players.

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“One thing we have been working on is a new manager, but until we know our position, we won’t announce anything because we don’t even know when the new season will start.

“I think there will be some surprise at the appointment if we make it because it’s someone with great experience as a player at the highest level.

“As a club, we do want to turn it around and start climbing the league, but we know it won’t happen overnight.

“We also know that we will get criticised and people will say getting a ground should be our priority.

“With having less finance than most clubs, we need to try and balance the club, which is something that we have failed to do in recent years on and off the pitch.”