Kolkata: SC Bengal Timur on Wednesday appointed former Real Madrid team manager Reserve Manuel ‘Manolo’ Diaz as the new head coach of the club for Super League Indian season 2021-22 to come.
Diaz’s appointment came a few minutes after the club parted ways in the way the British and Liverpool Legend Robbie Fowler, who trained the giant Kolkata to the ninth place in ISL last season.
“SC Bengal Eastern can confirm that the club has agreed with Robbie Fowler with a reciprocal cessation of the coach’s head contract,” SC East Bengal announced on his official Twitter handle.
SC East Bengal can confirm that the club has agreed with Robbie Fowler for the termination of the head …
https://t.co/lijeysko7-M Bengal Timur (@Sc_eastbengal) 1631108703000 A few minutes after the first tweet, SC East Bengal made another announcement , this time the appointment of Spain Diaz.
“SC East Bengal is proud to welcome the former Castilla Real Madrid coach Manuel ‘Manolo’ Diaz as the new head coach for the Indian Super League hero 2021-22,” read the second tweet.
SC East Bengal proudly welcomes former Castilla Real Madrid coach Manuel ‘Manolo’ Diaz as a new head coach for …
https://t.co/ArKadiIPCC Bengal Timur (@SC_eastbengal) 1631109002000 “with 20 years of coaching experience, including A significant period of time in real Madrid CF settings, Manolo brings a wealth of experience and winning mentality, “said a collection of Kolkata in the release later.
The 53-year-old Spaniard has a whole victory rate of 41.77 percent more than 328 matches trained during his two decades’ career, and the level of victory 46.66 in his latest duties at Real Madrid Castilla (backup team) in 2018-19 In 2018-19, the release said.
“In Madrid, we say ‘win is in our DNA’.
We like the pressure and expectations that come by training a big club,” Diaz said.
“Short time and there is a long and difficult road in front, but we will do our best to provide good performance for all East Bengal fans SC.” Diaz, a forward for playing days, started his managerial career at the Real Madrid youth team but left him in 2006.
After a brief period in Mexico, he returned to Spain and was appointed at the Navalcarnero CDA in 2008.
A year later, Diaz was named after the Real team coach MADRID C.
In 2011-14, he guided the team to the second place in the regular season and, despite the loss in the playoffs, seeing them achieved promotion to the Segunda B division.
In 2013, Diaz became the manager of the Real Madrid team and he issued a backup.
From the last position in the Segunda division after winning 13 of the possibility of 15 points and four consecutive wins.
In 2017, Diaz was appointed as the Coordinator of the Real Madrid youth system and a year later became the reserve team manager.
Fowler, also a former former British international, was appointed as head coach of SC East Bengal in October last year for two years before the start of the season, but he left after being at the top of the club’s leader for only one year.
“In addition to his assistant Tony Grant, he took over the team in a very challenging transition position and managed to overcome significant opportunities to bring fans of some joyful moments in the first season of the club in the Indian Super League,” SC East Bengal said about Fowler, who had argued controversy for one year his job at the leadership.
Under Fowler, SC East Bengal won three matches, withdrawn eight times and lost nine matches to complete the ninth of 11 teams.
Just like last year, the old century club had moved for a late new season.
Only on August 25, they had ended the fight with their investors Shree Cement Limited after the Intervention of Bengali Bengal Bengal Bengaljee’s head on time to play in ISL.
SCL previously shot through a letter to Banerjee, revealing their decision to end a five-year agreement after EB management acted Adamant in not signing the final agreement.
The deadlock lasts for about eight months and there are fans protests throughout the state.