Alessandro Barcherini has joined Sunderland’s coaching team just days after announcing his departure from Leeds United. The Italian goalkeeping coach took to social media on Monday to reveal he would be leaving Leeds United after spending three years working under Marcelo Bielsa and Jesse Marsch.
Barcherini joined the Whites in 2019 and spent time working with the likes of Illan Meslier, Kristoffer Klaesson and Kiko Casilla, who was recently released by the Whites, as the club’s first-team assistant goalkeeping coach and head of academy goalkeeping. However, the 36-year-old has made the move to Championship side Sunderland to become the Black Cats’ new head of goalkeeping.
He’ll start work this week under Alex Neil and he’ll hope to play his part as Sunderland look to re-establish themselves in the second tier of English football following promotion from League One.
