Middlesbrough are adjacent to appointing erstwhile Luton brag Rob Edwards arsenic their caput coach.
The 42-year-old is expected to instrumentality complaint astatine the Riverside and regenerate Michael Carrick, who was sacked earlier this month.
Ex-Nottingham Forest and Leicester brag Steve Cooper was besides a campaigner but Edwards is owed to instrumentality to enactment for the archetypal clip since being axed by Luton successful January.
Edwards worked with Boro sporting manager Kieran Scott erstwhile the brace were astatine Wolves and was besides a campaigner for the occupation erstwhile Carrick was appointed successful 2022.
There was besides involvement from Bristol City successful the erstwhile Wolves and Blackpool defender but the Robins are owed to name erstwhile Barnsley manager Gerhard Struber arsenic Liam Manning's replacement successful the adjacent 24 hours.
Edwards guided Luton to promotion to the apical formation for the archetypal clip successful much than 30 years successful 2023 erstwhile they bushed Coventry connected penalties successful the Championship play-off final.
Luton finished 18th successful the Premier League successful 2023-24, six points from safety, and were relegated.
He near successful January with the Hatters 20th successful the Championship and they yet dropped into League One past season, suffering back-to-back relegations.
Former Wales planetary Edwards besides took complaint of England Under-16s earlier being appointed Forest Green manager and starring them to the League Two rubric successful 2022.
He joined Watford that summertime but was sacked successful September aft conscionable 11 games, and joined Luton 2 months later.
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