Bob Bradley is expected to make an immediate impact and lasting impression after being appointed as Swansea manager.
The 58-year-old American was appointed as replacement for Francesco Guidolin on Monday, whose 10-month tenure ended on his 61st birthday.
Former United States soccer boss Bradley will start at the Liberty Stadium on a contract until the end of the 2018/19 season after his final fixture with current employers Le Havre.
An American consortium led by Stephen Kaplan and Jason Levien took over the Welsh soccer club in July, inheriting Guidolin as manager.
But the Italian has been replaced after a six-match winless run. Bradley’s first match in charge will be the Premier League clash away to Arsenal on October 15, following the international break.
Bradley’s leadership qualities impressed Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins in an initial meeting at Bristol Airport and a subsequent meeting with Kaplan and Levien left the Swansea hierarchy in no doubt they had the right man.
Bradley, who is the first American to manage in the Premier League, was chosen ahead of former Manchester United assistant boss Ryan Giggs, former Real Madrid number two Paul Clement and Marcelino, the ex-Villarreal boss.
Bradley becomes Swansea’s fourth boss in the space of a year – Garry Monk was sacked in December 2015 and temporarily replaced by Alan Curtis before Guidolin’s appointment – but Swansea now want stability.
Bradley opted to remain in Cairo throughout the revolution of November 2011 and the Port Said stadium riot, when 74 people were killed and league football was subsequently suspended.
He left the role after being unsuccessful in his bid to take Egypt to the World Cup for the first time since 1990, losing in a play-off for the 2014 tournament to Ghana.
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