Birmingham City appoint supervisor who was sacked weeks in the past to interchange Wayne Rooney
Tony Mowbray has been tasked with steering Birmingham City away from the Championship relegation zone.
The former Sunderland supervisor has taken the job at St Andrew’s simply weeks after shedding his personal job on the Stadium of Light. Mowbray, 60, succeeds Wayne Rooney within the Birmingham hotseat.
Minority proprietor Tom Brady and Birmingham chiefs determined to axe Rooney lower than 24 hours after their 3-0 drubbing away to Leeds United on New Year’s Day. The hope is that Mowbray can rediscover the shape they confirmed earlier within the season below earlier boss John Eustace, who was harshly let return in October.
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Rooney lasted lower than three months within the function, registering simply two wins in 15 video games in cost because the Blues plummeted down the desk. They have been sixth when he joined, however at the moment are in twentieth, going through the hazard of a relegation battle.
Mowbray has proven from his time at Sunderland he can steer a membership in the direction of the Championship play-offs. He narrowly missed out on promotion final season too, because the Black Cats misplaced within the play-off semi-finals 3-2 on mixture to Luton Town, who in the end went up.
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