Former Nottingham Forest, Leicester and Swansea manager Steve Cooper has been named head coach of Danish club Brondby. The 45-year-old has signed a three-year contract and takes over from Frederik Birk, who was sacked with the club fourth in the table after 4 games. Cooper's first match in charge will be Saturday's home derby at Brondby Stadium against league leaders FC Copenhagen. Brondby director of football Benjamin Schmedes said Cooper has a "rare combination of youth and experience, vision and personality" and can "lift both the individual player and the entire club to a new level". "We want to accelerate our development so that we can achieve the ambitious sporting goals we have and, not least, install a winning culture within the walls of Brondby Stadium,"
