Plymouth: Miron Muslic named Argyle boss as Wayne Rooney’s replacement at Championship club | Football news
Plymouth Argyle have announced Miron Muslic as the club’s new head coach on a three-and-a-half-year contract.
Muslic was most recently manager of Cercle Brugge where he had an impressive record, winning 43 of his 101 games in charge as he took the Belgian side from a lowly domestic position into European football.
Plymouth are bottom of the Sky Bet Championship table with 20 points from 25 games and the Austrian-Bosnian national comes in as Wayne Rooney’s successor.
The 42-year-old gained additional management experience at Austria’s Ried and Floridsdorfer AC.
Muslic beat off competition from several high-calibre candidates to become Argyle’s number one choice on the board, with chairman Simon Hallett expressing his delight at bringing him to the club.
He said: “Miron had a clear vision of how he wanted to take Argyle forward and showed a depth of tactical awareness that made it clear exactly how he wanted the team to set up and play.
“He comes with glowing reviews from his time at Cercle Brugge where he took a relegation side into European football, which is no mean feat.
“I welcome him to the club and look forward to seeing the immediate impact he has on the team.”
Muslic will be in the stands for Saturday’s Emirates FA Cup game against Brentford alongside Hallett.
First team coach Kevin Nancekivell will form part of Muslić’s backroom team, with further confirmation of his staff in due course.
Rooney left Plymouth Argyle after a nine-game winless run to leave the club bottom of the Sky Bet Championship on New Year’s Eve.
Appointed in May on a three-year contract, Rooney left Plymouth after just seven months in charge of the club, four points from safety.
His last game in charge came on 29 December, when Argyle were beaten 2-0 at rivals Oxford.
