Roy Hodgson to take over as England soccer manager | Irish Sun

Roy Hodgson to take over as England soccer manager

Irish Sun (IANS) Tuesday 1st May, 2012

Roy Hodgson is the new England manager, the Football Association (FA) announced Tuesday.

Hodgson has agreed to sign a four-year contract with the FA that runs until 2016, an FA statement said. He will be in charge for this summer's European Championships in Poland and Ukraine, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and Euro 2016 in France.

He is currently manager of the Premier League side West Bromwich and has agreed a four-year deal to become the full-time manager of the Three Lions.

The FA says Hodgson is the only English manager currently working in top flight have won the League Managers' Association manager of the year award. He also has vast experience of international and European football, having handled clubs like Inter Milan, Blackburn Rovers, Grasshoppers, FC Copenhagen, Fulham and Liverpool as well managing in Norway and Sweden.

He also has been a regular member of FIFA and UEFA's technical study groups.

Hodgson, who once coached the national teams of Switzerland, Finland and the United Arab Emirates, met with FA officials at Wembley Monday.

West Bromwich Albion said in a statement that Hodgson will take the club's final two matches of the season, away to Bolton and home to Arsenal, before officially taking England's reins May 14, the day after the Premier League season ends.

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