Monday, 1st July, 2013
Former Manchester United first team coach Rene Meulensteen has joined Russian Premier League giants Anzhi Makhachkala as a coach under manager Guus Hiddink.
The 49-year-old officially left Old Trafford last week, after months of speculation, and was understood to have met with Anzhi officials at their pre-season tour in Austria.
And his confirmation as a coach at the club came today, with Hasanbi Bidzhiev also confirmed as sporting director.
The Russian outfit, who are heavily involved in the transfer market, have shored up their backroom staff further by taking on specialists from a several European clubs, including from Arsenal and Everton.
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A statement on Anzhi's official site read: "Helping the head coach, Guus Hiddink, in the training process will be Rene Meulensteen – former assistant to Sir Alex Ferguson – and Hasanbi Bidzhiev.
"Hasanbi will continue performing functions as the club's sporting director and as you can see, all the [other] experts have a wealth of experience in leading European football clubs.
"Besides employment in the first team, they are designed to train local specialists within their profiles at Anzhi's academy, and share their knowledge with their colleagues from the youth team."
Meulensteen's exit from Manchester follows that of former assistant Mike Phelan and goalkeeping coach Eric Steele, as the duo left just weeks after the appointment of David Moyes as Ferguson's successor.
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