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21-02-2014, 09:42 AM
Martinez hails Ferguson as the “full package” after promotion to first-team coaching staff.
Blues boss: "He’s a coach who knows the concepts and football principles we want to instil in the players"
Roberto Martinez has hailed Duncan Ferguson as the “full package” after promoting the former Blues hero to his first-team coaching staff.
The Scot will be stepping up to join Martinez’s core backroom team from Monday, after impressing with his work coaching the club’s U18s alongside Kevin Sheedy over the last year.
Ferguson’s appointment has already proved a popular move with the club’s supporters who still hold him in high esteem from his playing days, but Martinez insists he has selected the 42-year-old for his qualities as a coach first and foremost.
He said: “He’s the whole package. As a player every Evertonian will have their favourite memory of him, but he’s a very different person now – he’s very mature.
“He’s not just here to help strikers. He’s a coach who knows th
Blues boss: "He’s a coach who knows the concepts and football principles we want to instil in the players"
Roberto Martinez has hailed Duncan Ferguson as the “full package” after promoting the former Blues hero to his first-team coaching staff.
The Scot will be stepping up to join Martinez’s core backroom team from Monday, after impressing with his work coaching the club’s U18s alongside Kevin Sheedy over the last year.
Ferguson’s appointment has already proved a popular move with the club’s supporters who still hold him in high esteem from his playing days, but Martinez insists he has selected the 42-year-old for his qualities as a coach first and foremost.
He said: “He’s the whole package. As a player every Evertonian will have their favourite memory of him, but he’s a very different person now – he’s very mature.
“He’s not just here to help strikers. He’s a coach who knows th