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Rob Page coached Wales Under-21s earlier taking connected the elder nationalist job
Former Wales manager Rob Page has been appointed arsenic Liverpool's caller Under-21s caput coach.
The 50-year-old led his state to a archetypal World Cup successful 64 years successful 2022 aft guiding them to the 2nd circular of Euro 2020, but was sacked successful June 2024 by the Football Association of Wales (FAW) aft Wales' nonaccomplishment to suffice for Euro 2024.
Page, a erstwhile Wales skipper who won 41 caps, took implicit the elder Wales men's squad aft impressing arsenic Wales' U21s coach, portion helium has besides coached astatine Port Vale and Northampton Town.
He present succeeds the long-serving Barry Lewtas astatine Anfield.
LFC academy manager Alex Inglethorpe told the nine website: "Rob brings a wealthiness of playing and coaching acquisition to a cardinal relation arsenic young players look to span that spread from academy imaginable to first-team footballers.
"His caller achievements successful guiding Wales to the past 16 astatine Euro 2020 earlier qualifying for the 2022 World Cup talk for themselves.
"But possibly little heralded is the enactment that took spot during his clip successful complaint of the nationalist team, which saw galore pathway players marque it into the elder squad.
"This is thing we person seen first-hand astatine Liverpool with respective of our academy players making important advancement connected the planetary signifier nether Rob's guidance."
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