Kolkata: East Bengal Club’s newly appointed coach Trevor James Morgan will join the club in Kolkata on Friday. Morgan who lives in Perth Australia will re-join the squad before the I-League campaign which starts on 7th January 2017. East Bengal will face Aizwal FC on 7th January in Aizwal.
Morgan’s support stuff Simon Maltby and Warren hackett will join within the next few days. Simon will join on Sunday and Warren Hackett will arrive on 28th December. According to Trevor there is no plan of conducting any 15 days camp with the team. He will assess the situation and decide accordingly.
East Bengal’s new recruit Haitian Wedson who will play as withdrawal forward will arrive in Kolkata on 17th December. Another foreigner Ivan Bukeneya who signed for the club as a defender will arrive late as his visa formalities are under process.
Under the Englishman’s stint from 2010-2013, East Bengal had a fruitful season winning the Federation Cup in 2010, the IFA Shield, and the next season they finished I-League runners-up behind Dempo.
Morgan also had some other memorable moments helping the team to their maiden AFC Cup semi-final in 2013.