Preston North End na kusanƙira nada manajan Bradford City, Graham Alexander, a matsayin sabon babban koci, a cewar BBC Radio Leeds.

Bradford ya tabbatar a cikin wata sanarwa da aka fitar a ranar Alhamis cewa sun ba mutumin mai shekaru 54 izini — "da rashin son rai" — don yin tattaunawa da kulob din da ke fama da matsala a Championship. Alexander yana da kwantiragin yanzu har zuwa ƙarshen kakar matakin da ya biyo baya a Valley Parade.

Kulob din da Alexander ke da zuriyarsa

Wannan matakin yana ɗauke da ma'ana ta musamman — Alexander ya buga wasanni 372 na ligi tare da Preston a lokuta biyu daban-daban a matsayin ɗan wasa a Deepdale. Tsohuwar ɗan wasan ƙasar Scotland yanzu ana sa ran ya koma — amma a matsayin mai horarwa.

Ya karɓi jagorancin Bradford a watan Nuwamba 2023 kuma bai yi jinkiri wajen nuna tasiri ba, ya sami haɓakawa daga League Two a cikakken kakar farko ta mulkinsa. Bantams sa'an nan suka ƙare a matsayi na huɗu a League One a 2025-26, amma suka sha kashi daga Bolton Wanderers a wasan kashe-kashe.

A wannan kakar, Alexander ya kai Bradford zuwa saman League One — da nasarori biyar daga wasanni bakwai na farko — wanda ya sa tafiyarsa ta zama mai wahala ƙara ga kulob din Yorkshire.

North End na buƙatar taimako cikin gaggawa

Halin Preston yana da gaggawa. Lilywhites suna matsayi na biyu daga ƙasa a Championship bayan kora wa Paul Heckingbottom a farkon wannan wata, bayan jerin abubuwan da ba su da kyau na sha kashi shida cikin wasanni bakwai na farko na ligi.

Kafin lokacinsa a Bradford, Alexander ya jagoranci Fleetwood, Scunthorpe, Salford, Motherwell, da MK Dons, inda ya gina suna a matsayin koci mai ɗorewa mai mayar da hankali kan ci gaban ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila.

Preston za su koma filin wasa a kan Millwall a ranar Asabar, 10 ga Oktoba — wasansu na farko bayan hutu na ƙasa da ƙasa. Bradford, kuwa, za su fuskanci Reading a wasansu na League One na gaba a ranar 3 Oktoba, bayan an jinkirta wasansu na karshen mako da Barnsley saboda kiran ƙungiyar ƙasa.