Hughes leaves Man Utd to manage Newport County

Newport County person named Manchester United younker coach David Hughes arsenic their caller manager.

Hughes has signed a two-year woody astatine nan League Two club, leaving his domiciled arsenic under-21s coach and adjunct head astatine Old Trafford.

The 47-year-old Welshman replaces Nelson Jardim astatine Rodney Parade, who near nan Exiles 2 weeks earlier nan extremity of nan season.

"Leaving a awesome nine for illustration Manchester United is ne'er easy, but I'm excited astir what lies up here," Hughes said.

"You build relationships pinch group and that makes decisions for illustration this challenging.

"But aft speaking to nan president (Huw Jenkins) connected a fewer occasions, it became a straightforward determination successful position of nan situation up and nan shared imagination for nan club."

Hughes, a erstwhile Aston Villa, Shrewsbury Town and Cardiff City defender, had been nan starring contender for nan occupation pursuing Jardim's exit by communal consent.

Having held lead academy roles astatine Cardiff and Southampton earlier joining United successful August 2022, Hughes has developed an awesome estimation astatine younker level.

He will now beryllium charged by Jenkins to oversee an upturn successful fortunes astatine Rodney Parade for a youthful squad that vanished 22nd successful 2024-25.

The Wrexham-born erstwhile Wales Under-21s world – who besides spent 4 years arsenic head of Wales Under-17s – will beryllium assisted by Wayne Hatswell, who was antecedently number 2 astatine Newport nether Mike Flynn.

Hatswell leaves a domiciled successful nan Football Association of Wales (FAW) age-grade set-up to return to Newport, while Lee Kendall has been named nan caller caput of goalkeeping.