Page named Wales coach ahead of World Cup – Ghana Latest Football News, Live Scores, Results

Rob Web page, proper, will lead Gareth Bale and Wales as coach on the 2022 World Cup. Photograph by Shaun Botterill/Getty Photos

Rob Web page has signed a four-year deal to teach Wales, the World Cup-bound staff mentioned on Tuesday.

Web page took over the position on an interim foundation after Ryan Giggs went on depart in November on costs of home violence, and guided the staff into the World Cup by way of the European playoffs. Wales will play within the World Cup for the primary time since 1958.

Giggs stood down on a everlasting foundation in June and is awaiting a retrial after a jury was unable to achieve a verdict in his first trial in early September.

Web page’s take care of the Soccer Affiliation of Wales will see him lead the staff within the qualifying campaigns for the 2024 European Championship and 2026 World Cup.

He was beforehand coach of Wales Below-21s earlier than changing into an assistant within the senior set-up.

“There isn’t any larger honour than teaching your nationwide staff and I can not watch for the problem the following 4 years will deliver, beginning with our first World Cup in 64 years,” Web page mentioned.

“That is an thrilling time for Welsh soccer and I hope we are able to make the nation proud in November and proceed our success by qualifying for extra main tournaments sooner or later.”

Wales shall be in Group B on the World Cup, with England, the USA and Iran.

Supply: espn.co.uk