The former Chelsea midfielder and coach Eddie Newton has been appointed as the new manager of Turkish giants Trabzonspor. Newton, 48, had been in caretaker charge of the six-times Turkish champions, and guided them to a 2-0 victory over Alanyaspor in the Turkish Cup final last Wednesday in what was just his second game in charge.
Trabzonspor also finished second in the league, but they won't play in the Champions League next season having been banned from European competitions for two seasons by UEFA having been found to have breached Financial Fair Play regulations.
Newton was appointed as assistant boss to Huseyin Cimsir in February, having spent eight years on the coaching staff at Chelsea where he worked as an assistant to both Roberto
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