{"id":597798,"date":"2021-08-01T13:12:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T17:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=597798"},"modified":"2021-08-01T13:12:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T17:12:21","slug":"russell-martin-swansea-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/01\/russell-martin-swansea-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Martin Appointed as New Swansea City Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/26\/swansea-city-manager-jody-morris-russell-martin\/\" target=\"_self\">Swansea City<\/a> have confirmed the appointment of Russell Martin as the replacement to Steve Cooper. Martin, who has signed a three-year contract, departs League One side MK Dons, who have already started their season after a 5-0 defeat to Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup.<\/p>\n<h2>Russell Martin Joins Swansea City<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Swansea City is delighted to confirm the appointment of Russell Martin as the club\u2019s new head coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u26aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CroesoRussell?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CroesoRussell<\/a> \u26ab\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4BjHhqwKHb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/4BjHhqwKHb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S7PVFa1sn0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/S7PVFa1sn0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwansOfficial\/status\/1421878396481638405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Chief Executive Delighted to Land Main Target<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the club website, Swansea chief executive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swanseacity.com\/news\/russell-martin-confirmed-new-swansea-city-head-coach\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julian Winter said<\/a>: \u201cWe are delighted with the appointment of Russell as our new head coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe very much fits the profile of a young and hungry coach who wants to succeed, and he is more than ready for the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it became clear we would be looking for a new head coach, at the forefront of our thoughts was finding a candidate who was ambitious, driven and with a clear vision of how he wants the team to play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter earning plaudits with Milton Keynes Dons for the attractive, attacking style that he implemented, we quickly realised Russell would be the right person to take us forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Timing<\/h3>\n<p>The timing of his departure is different to most appointments. MK Dons, the club he leaves behind, started their season on Saturday with a heavy defeat to Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup. The news of Swansea&#8217;s approach for Martin was confirmed by the club before kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>It also leaves Martin little time to build his desired team at Swansea. They start their Championship season in less than a week with a trip to Blackburn Rovers.<\/p>\n<p>Martin&#8217;s backroom team of Luke Williams, Matt Gill and Dean Thornton have also joined him at the Liberty Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>MK Dons are yet to say who will be in charge for their opening league game next week away at Bolton Wanderers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"SKuhCJ4iTulo_jm9ROM_pw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1301975899\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'SKuhCJ4iTulo_jm9ROM_pw',sig:'iyHylK9Hanw8NyU-5AjvG8IRGGOxMHb4qbaIyLyzlq0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1301975899',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swansea City have confirmed the appointment of Russell Martin as the replacement to Steve Cooper. Martin, who has signed a three-year contract, departs League One side MK Dons, who have already started their season after a 5-0 defeat to Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup. 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