Former Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has been appointed as manager of chinese super League club Hebei China Fortune, the BBC have announce.
Pellegrini, 62, left Manchester city at the finish of final season after it was once introduced that former Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola would be taking up at the Etihad membership. Metropolis's kind gave the impression to tail off after the information emerged, they usually eventually completed fourth within the ideal League.
The Chilean supervisor was validated because the club's new head coach on the standard chinese language social networking aspect Weibo, and he's going to educate avid gamers including the likes of Ezequiel Lavezzi, Gervinho, Stephane Mbia and Gael Kakuta.
Former Inter boss Roberto Mancini had reportedly been the chinese club's first choice as their new manager, but after the Italian rejected the position Hebei China Fortune became to Pellegrini.
Pellegrini achieved success throughout his time at Manchester metropolis, successful the greatest League once and the League Cup twice during his three years at the club. He additionally helped the club make development in the Champions League, and last season they reached the semi-finals of the competition before being knocked out by eventual champions real Madrid.
Pellegrini joins many different excessive profile coaches who are presently working in China, with former England supervisor Sven-Goran Eriksson and ex-Brazil boss Luis Felipe Scolari additionally each concerned within the chinese tremendous League.
Pellegrini's new side currently sit in fifth position within the CSL, five points off the AFC Champions League locations with seven games to move.