Sunderland are about to have a new manager taking charge, according to reports from the Italian media.
CalcioMercato.it shows up with an exclusive story saying the Black Cats have an agreement with Raphael Wicky.
They report that Sunderland and the coach have agreed to a two-year contract, with an option for another year should things go well.
They add that Sunderland want to ‘start again’ with the Switzerland coach after a ‘nightmare season’ and failure to make it back to the Premier League. That will be the aim for the 47-year-old, who has been out of work since leaving BSC Young Boy
He had been in charge of the Swiss club since June 2022, and left them with a record of 51 wins, 20 draws and 17 losses in 88 games.
Prior to his work there, he had managed FC Basel, the United States’ U-17 national team and Chicago Fire FC.
Sunderland have been looking for a manager since the sacking of Michael Beale back in February this year. The club had assistant Mike Dodds as a caretaker manager in the final months of the season, and now managed to
Djurgården youngster Lucas Bergvall has admitted his impending departure from the club to join Tottenham has left him feeling a little depressed.
The Swedish youngster has been speaking to Fotboll Direkt about his impending move to Tottenham after they sealed his signature earlier this year.
Spurs moved quickly to sign the highly rated youngster, eventually managing to beat Barcelona to him despite the player making a well-publicised trip to the Camp Nou.
He only joined the club in a €900,000 deal in February last year but has made 46 appearances for them in that time, bagging nine goals and six assists and showing the kind of development that eventually caused Tottenham to come calling.
And he admits he’ll be sorry to depart, even if he is getting his chance in the Premier League because of it.
“It will be special,” he said regarding his move to England.
“It feels depressing of course. I enjoy myself here, so it feels really sad to leave everyone here, but I hope to come back at some point.
“You start to realize that it is the last game here now for hopefully maybe 17 years. That is the plan. It is. I want to finish here, but then you don’t know if you will get injured or finish abroad. But yeah, that’s the plan.
“Djurgården has meant an incredible amount to me and has been a big part of my life. So yes, the club has meant a lot.”
