Ruud van Nistelrooy has shown that Brian Barry-Murphy will sign as Leicester City’s deputy manager.
The former Manchester City Under-23 coach is expected to feature in the Boxing Day striker’s Nistelrooy squad to face Liverpool.
Like previous Leicester manager Enzo Maresca, Barry-Murphy spent three years working with Manchester City’s young talents under Pep Guardiola but left his position in the summer.
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The Irishman began his playing career with local club Cork City in the League of Ireland, before being signed through David Moyes at Preston North End.
He also played as a defender at Sheffield Wednesday, Bury and Rochdale, where he was player-coach before becoming manager in 2019.
At Manchester City, he helped with the development of Cole Palmer, Romeo Lavia and Oscar Bobb as he led the under-23s to two PL2 titles and is highly regarded as a coach for playing a progressive, possession-based style, heavily influenced by Guardiola.
“Pep changes the way you think about football. I used to hear people say that and think, ‘Really?’” he told The Athletic in September.
“It sounds a bit dramatic, like. But he does. He makes sense of the way you have to work repetitively every single day to bring to life the things you want to see on the day of a game.
“It’s like that in terms of the way he implements them, but it’s very complicated in terms of his obsession with repetition and preparation. He’s amazing, amazing. “”
Van Nistelrooy had only hired Jelle Ten Rouwelaar as an assistant coach and goalkeeper, but noticed his team behind the stage.
“I think it’s still official, but I can verify that 99. 9% of the contracts are fulfilled,” Van Nistelrooy said in his pre-match press conference.
“I’m very happy to add him to the coaching team.
“I think it’s a very vital thing to translate the style of play to the educational field, to take the team, the sets and the Americans to the maximum, and he’s right about that, so I’m very pleased that we can bring him up to the team.
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