Brighton hire Hurzeler, EPL’s youngest head coach ever

USA-born Fabian Hürzeler has become the youngest permanent manager in the EPL history with his hiring at the Seagulls.

We are pleased to confirm that Fabian Hürzeler will become our new men’s first-team head coach. 💙🤍

Fabian has agreed a contract until June 2027. Once his work permit is processed, he will begin work straight away! 🤝

— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) June 15, 2024

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Fabian (31) joins from the German team St. Pauli, whom he guided to the Bundesliga after a 13-year absence this campaign.

Hürzeler has inked a 3-year deal with Brighton and will start guiding the Premier League team as soon as receives a work permit.

“From the beginning of the process to hire our new boss, Hürzeler was always a standout person and 1 who had caught our attention with his phenomenal time at St. Pauli over the past year and a half,” the Seagulls chairman Tony Bloom revealed.

The Premier League side added that the new boss will be officially unveiled at a news conference on July 2^nd.

Several footballers on the Seagulls’ team will be older than their new manager. James Milner, 38, Danny Welbeck, 33, Pascal Gross, 33, and Lewis Dunk, 32 are all older than the incoming head coach.