The former Chelsea midfielder and coach Eddie Newton has been appointed as the new manager of Turkish giants Trabzonspor.
Newton, 48, had been in caretaker charge of the six-times Turkish champions, and guided them to a 2-0 victory over Alanyaspor in the Turkish Cup final last Wednesday in what was just his second game in charge.
Trabzonspor also finished second in the league, but they won't play in the Champions League next season having been banned from European competitions for two seasons by UEFA having been found to have breached Financial Fair Play regulations.
Newton was appointed as assistant boss to Huseyin Cimsir in February, having spent eight years on the coaching staff at Chelsea where he worked as an assistant to both Roberto Di Matteo and Guus Hiddink, as well as fulfilling several backroom roles.
Cimsir left last month shortly after Trabzonspor lost the Turkish League title to Istanbul Basaksehir.
Former Blues midfielder Newton spent 10 years in the first-team picture at Stamford Bridge, and scored in Chelsea's 1997 FA Cup final victory over Middlesbrough.
He had hoped to be considered for the Chelsea manager's job before the appointment of Frank Lampard, which ultimately led to him looking for opportunities elsewhere.
Speaking to Sky Sports shortly before the appointment was confirmed, Newton said: "I've been trying to become a No 1 for a while and just didn't see it happening.
"The fact is that I've moved to another country and it's taken six months to become caretaker manager so... I've been working in football all my life so that's why I felt there was more opportunity over here, so I had to take the chance, basically...
"I think I got to the point where I thought I have to take this opportunity, I have to take this chance now or maybe it will never happen for me."
