Manchester City have appointed the former Sweden midfielder Therese Sjögran as their women’s director of football. The 47-year-old is the Women’s Super League leaders’ replacement for the former Denmark and Switzerland head coach Nils Nielsen, who left in June.
Sjögran will be in charge of recruitment “across the women’s and girls’ pathway”and of coach and player development, the club said. She will begin on 1 December and report to the managing director, Charlotte O’Neill.
