“Benvenuto Roberto De Zerbi!!!”

Here we go! After 10 days living in excited anticipation about who our next Head Coach would be we finally have the answer - and what an answer!!! Albion’s first choice and pretty much everybody else’s amongst the fanbase once they became familiar with his work and glowing credentials was officially confirmed on Sunday night (18th Sept), as Roberto De Zerbi, the 43 year old former Sassuolo and Shakhdar Coach. Rumours became widespread that the deal was done and that he’d been spotted in town. It was thought the announcement might be delayed until after Monday’s royal funeral, but then the club published a statement on their website formalising the news. He will be introduced to the media on Tuesday before making his preparations to get settled in Sussex and underway with the task of picking up where Graham Potter left off. To discuss the then imminent, now published announcement were regulars Russ and Pete, plus Raymond The Gent and making his first ‘Zoomed’ pod appearance Alan D. Stand or fall!   UTA! Viva RDZ! 🇮🇹 🔵 ⚪️ 🔵 🇮🇹 @BrightonRockPod [email protected] Part of the Sport Social Podcast Network that can be found in all their glory at this rather suitable address: www.sport-social.co.uk  Please follow us for automatic downloads of new episodes and if you want to make us really happy please rate us five stars on Apple and any other platforms that provide the opportunity to do so! Why not write a review while you are at it?! ;0).  All this helps our rankings and improves our chances of getting exciting guests onto the show. Also we are now on Patreon, so if you happen to be inclined to extreme acts of generosity we’d greatly appreciate any monthly donations, great or small, to help us run the pod as well as we can. Go to www.patreon.com/BrightonRockPod for details and to sign up. NB Our content will remain freely accessible to all listeners regardless. Humble thanks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices