Seville (Spain) April 29 (IANS) Spanish coach Joaquin Caparros on Sunday said he was thrilled to return to La Liga club Sevilla during his presentation as the team s new head coach through the end of the season.
Caparros takes the helm with four league games remaining as Italian coach Vincenzo Montella was fired following a nine-game winless streak reports Efe.
"It s a great satisfaction to be here in my home. I m very happy because Sevilla has remembered me. I wanted to come back. I always said: when the club needed me I d be there " Caparros said at a press conference.
Sevilla sits in ninth place in the La Liga table with 48 points having failed to win a match since March 13.
Caparros vowed to do his best alongside the "fantastic squad with players of different levels" and to live up to the club s expectations.
Caparros 62 first began coaching Sevilla in 2000 and left after a five-year spell to join fellow Spanish club Deportivo La Coruña.
His last managerial job was at the Qatari club Al Ahli and he has been a free agent since December 2017.
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