Manchester Metropolis have agreed a deal for Sporting’s Hugo Viana to take over from Txiki Begiristain as a brand new period dawns on the Etihad Stadium.
Begiristain, heralded as one of many most interesting sporting administrators in European soccer, is leaving the Premier League champions on the finish of the season.
Mail Sport reported his possible departure in the summertime and Metropolis have been sounding out potential successors for a while.
Viana, the previous Newcastle United midfielder, topped that listing after impressing throughout his six years at Sporting whereas working with supervisor Ruben Amorim.
Sporting have received two of the final 4 Portuguese titles and are prime of the league this time period with eight consecutive victories.
Manchester Metropolis have agreed a deal for Sporting’s Hugo Viana to take over from Txiki Begiristain as a brand new period dawns on the Etihad Stadium
Begiristain (far proper), who has held the position since 2012, will step down on the finish of the season
Viana impressed after his work alongside the highly-regarded Ruben Amorim at Sporting
Pep Guardiola’s personal future is unclear along with his present contract up on the finish of the season
Viana performed 56 video games for Newcastle United throughout the early 2000s
Intriguingly, they play host to Pep Guardiola’s Metropolis within the Champions League group stage early subsequent month and Viana’s transfer is anticipated to be finalised earlier than then.
The 41-year-old’s choice to pay greater than £10million to take Amorim from Braga in 2020 was seen because the catalyst for his or her spell of dominance.
Metropolis need the brand new sporting director to have a handover interval alongside Begiristain for six months earlier than the Spaniard’s departure.
Guardiola’s personal future nonetheless stays unresolved, with the 53-year-old out of contract on the finish of the season.
