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Manchester City have appointed Andrée Jeglertz as their new women’s team head coach on a four-year contract, starting after the conclusion of July’s Women’s European Championship. Tottenham have also moved to secure their new head coach with the Englishman Martin Ho signing a three-year deal.
The Swede Jeglertz is currently in charge of the Denmark women’s national side and will remain with them for the tournament. Denmark’s Group C campaign gets under way on Friday, just 23 hours after Manchester City confirmed his appointment.
The 53-year-old succeeds Gareth Taylor, who was sacked in March, just five days before the club’s appearance in last season’s League Cup final. The Guardian reported on 4 June that Jeglertz was close to agreeing a deal to move to the WSL side, who finished fourth in the table last term.
He is a former European champion as a coach, when in charge of the Swedish club Umeå, in 2004. “Manchester City is one of the biggest clubs in the world,” Jeglertz said. “There is so much talent in this group. One of my key things is to continue the job that’s been done and take it to the next level.
“I will do everything I can to take this to the next level and make sure we can play attractive and winning football.”
Manchester City Women Director of Football, Therese Sjögran, added: “Andrée brings a wealth of experience at the top of the game as well as a real hunger to drive Manchester City forward. He really impressed us with his attitude and ambition, and the way he sees the game aligns perfectly with our own vision.We wish him luck at the Euros this summer with Denmark and are all very excited to see what impact he can make in our bright future.”
Ho, meanwhile, has been in charge of the Norwegian club Brann’s women’s team for two years, since leaving his role as the assistant coach at Manchester United women in July 2023.
The 35-year-old is Spurs’s replacement for Robert Vilahamn, who was sacked in June after the club finished second from bottom in the WSL last term.
He leaves Brann second in the Norwegian top flight midway through their 2025 season, after a second-placed finish last year. He took Brann to the 2023-24 Women’s Champions League quarter-finals, where they were eliminated by the eventual champions, Barcelona, which was the furthest a Norwegian side have progressed in the competition.
Ho had spent three and a half years at United, initially working with the under-21s in the second half of the 2019-20 season alongside the now Bristol City head coach, Charlotte Healy. Ho then moved up to be Casey Stoney’s assistant with the first team in July 2020 and, after Marc Skinner replaced Stoney as head coach in 2021, he spent two years as Skinner’s No 2, including a second-placed finish in the WSL in 2023.
Born and raised in Mossley Hill in Liverpool, Ho had spells at Everton – as assistant manager – and at Liverpool, where he was the under-21 women’s team’s head coach.
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Spurs are understood to have been impressed by Ho’s passion and his track record of player development, as well as by his results in the Women’s Champions League with Brann. Sources have told the Guardian that the club received strong references from around the world in support of Ho.
