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Southampton has appointed Johannes Spers as his new technical director.
Mail Sport was the first to reveal that Sports was the main contender for the position on January 16.
The measure was found in trouble ends last month due to work permits problems, but the measure has now been confirmed.
Sports has a great experience in European football, having had key roles in RB Leipzig, Vitesse Arnhem and Genoa, from where he was promoted to Global Sports Director of Group 777.
The 42 -year -old will use his exercise to lead Sport Republic owners in football affairs throughout the group.
He will inform the CEO of the club, Phil Parsons, with Sports starting his role on February 15 along with the director of Soccer Operations Mark Bitcon.
Premier League Southampton fighters have appointed Johannes Sports for their new technical director
The owner of the Saints, Dragan Soak, on the left, had announced that a new football management appointment would be held after President Henrik Kraft, on the right, renounced
Southampton has been without a sports director since Jason Wilcox left in April
Sports said: 'I am excited to finally start working in Southampton. Los Santos are a club with a great history and commitment to the development of players, not only in the academy, but also at the team level.
“We hope to work with the Stoplewood team to build a strategy that helps provide success in the field.”
Sports replaces Jason Wilcox, who left Southampton to assume the role of technical director at Manchester United last April.