England Under-17s had never been beyond the World Cup quarter-finals until they won the competition in 2017 under Steve CooperSwansea City have named England Under-17 World Cup-winning boss Steve Cooper as their new head coach on a three-year deal. Welshman Cooper, 39, has left his post as under-17 coach to take over at the Championship club. The likes of Phil Foden, Jadon Sancho and Callum Hudson-Odoi were in the squad Cooper led to glory at the Under-17 World Cup in 2017. Vacancies to fillMarsh, who worked alongside Cooper at the FA and previously at Anfield, has been named assistant coach. As well as rebuilding their first-team staff under Pontypridd-born Cooper, Swansea are to assemble a new recruitment team this summer.

Source: BBC June 13, 2019 16:33 UTC