Real Betis have appointed former Real Madrid and Manchester City coach Manuel Pellegrini as their manager from subsequent season on a three-year contract, the La Liga facet stated on Thursday.
Pellegrini, who gained the Premier League with City in 2013-14 in addition to two League Cups, returns to Spain the place he had profitable spells with Villarreal and Malaga.
The Chilean, 66, led Villarreal to the 2006 Champions League semi-finals and led Malaga into Europe’s premier membership competitors for the primary time in 2012, main them to the quarter-finals a 12 months later.
“Real Betis has signed Chilean manager Manuel Pellegrini to take up the reins of the first team next season. The contract between Pellegrini and the club is until June 2023,” the membership stated in an announcement.
Pellegrini replaces coach Rubi who was sacked final month after Betis didn’t win any of the primary three matches of their return to motion. Sporting director Alexis Trujillo was positioned in interim cost till the top of the season.
Pellegrini’s final job was with Premier League facet West Ham United, who sacked him in December after a string of poor outcomes.
One of Spain’s best-supported golf equipment with greater than 50,000 season ticket holders, Betis are at the moment 13th within the league with 41 factors, 12 factors above the relegation zone.
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