Football news - Santiago Solari appointed as Real Madrid coach on permanent basis until 2021
ByReuters
Updated 13/11/2018 at 20:42 GMT
Santiago Solari has been appointed as Real Madrid's first-team coach on a contract lasting until the end of the 2020-2021 season.
Santiago Solari - Real Madrid - Liga 2018-2019
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The 42-year-old Argentine has led the team to four wins in four games since replacing Julen Lopetegui at the helm of the European champions two weeks ago.
With victories over Melilla in the Copa del Rey, Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League, and Real Valladolid and Celta Vigo in La Liga, Solari has enjoyed the best start of any manager in the club's history.
Spanish rules prevent an interim coach from staying in charge for longer than 15 days, which expired on Monday, without being appointed on a permanent basis.
He played for Real from 2000 to 2005 in the Galacticos era alongside Zinedine Zidane, who became the club's coach and won three Champions League titles in a row before stepping down.
Solari led Real's reserve team from 2016 until he took over from Lopetegui last month after the club's poor run of form culminated in a painful 5-1 El Clasico defeat by Barcelona.
He has presided over victories against Melilla in the Copa del Rey, Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League plus Real Valladolid and Celta Vigo in La Liga.
Lopetegui was sacked after a run of form that saw Madrid sink to ninth in the table, but after Sunday's 4-2 win at Celta, they sit sixth, four points behind leaders Barcelona.
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