A former Aston Villa captain is about to develop into an MLS supervisor this week.
That is as a result of talkSPORT understands that Olof Mellberg has agreed a long-term cope with St Louis Metropolis.
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The 47-year-old will develop into the brand new boss and can fly to the USA to signal his contract within the coming days.
Mellberg beforehand spent seven years in England with Villa between 2001 and 2008.
Throughout that point, he scored eight targets from centre-back in 232 Premier League appearances.
The ex-Sweden worldwide later performed for Juventus, Olympiacos, Villarreal and Copenhagen earlier than retiring in 2014 aged 36.
He has since moved into administration, beginning with Brommapojkarna, the place he was additionally director of soccer.
Mellberg has additionally managed Danish facet Fremad Amager and Helsingborgs.
Nevertheless, he returned to Brommapojkarna in January 2023 earlier than avoiding relegation by way of a play-off.
The Stockholm-based membership then completed tenth beneath Mellberg within the prime flight this 12 months.
His work in his homeland has now caught the attention of St. Louis, who had been solely based in 2019.
They later joined the MLS in 2023 however have solely had one earlier supervisor.
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Bradley Carnell was sacked in July earlier than technical director John Hackworth took over as interim boss till the top of the season.
St. Louis went on to complete the marketing campaign 12thin the Western Convention, lacking out on the play-offs.
Mellberg will inherit a squad which is captained by former Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burki.
He should wait three months for his first league match in cost, although, with the 2025 MLS season getting underway on February 22.