Gordon Forrest on how he landed in China THREE DAYS after Hearts exit as he settles in to life on fourth continent
dailyrecord.co.ukHe's man marked in every training ground move these days by a Chinese translator who calls himself Jimmy. Even for Gordon Forrest - a man who has now coached on FOUR continents - this is new territory.
The former Hearts coach has swapped Gorgie for Guangdong as the assistant boss of Chinese Super League side Shenzhen Peng City.
And as far removed as his new job is from what he was used to at Tynecastle and before that Tannadice, the 47-year-old Scot insists he is right at home.
Almost 6000 miles from home.Incredibly Forrest was only out of a job at Hearts for 24 hours following Steven Naismith’s sacking back in September when the call from furthest flung Asia arrived.Shenzhen sporting director Daniel Stenz, a former colleague at Vancouver Whitecaps, was keen to add Forrest’s coaching expertise to the expanding skillset at Peng City.Only seven years old the club were in relegation bother with three games remaining in their first ever season as a Super League team.
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