Ljungberg back to coach at Arsenal

FORMER Arsenal star Freddie Ljungberg has returned to the Premier League club as Under-23 head coach.

Ljungberg helped Arsenal win the Premier League twice and the FA Cup three times in a nine-year spell from 1998 to 2007.

He scored 46 goals in 216 appearances for Arsenal and, after retiring in 2014, the Sweden winger spent a season coaching Arsenal’s Under-15 side.

Following a short spell as Wolfsburg assistant manager, Ljungberg returns to the Emirates Stadium after Arsene Wenger ended his 22-year reign as Arsenal manager at the end of the season.

Wenger has been replaced by Spaniard Unai Emery.

“I’m delighted to be returning to the club. Arsenal has always been a special place for me and I’m really excited at this opportunity to work with our under-23 team,” Ljungberg said yesterday.

“I look forward to working with the talented young players we have at the club. I know many of them well and we will work hard.” – AFP