Cocu appointed Derby manager

<p>Phillip Cocu has been appointed Derby’s new manager on a four-year deal following Frank Lampard’s move to Chelsea.</p>, <p>The 48-year-old will be joined at Pride Park by his long-term assistants Twan Scheepers and Chris van der Weerden as part of his coaching staff at Derby.</p>, <p>The Dutchman, like Lampard, enjoyed a glittering playing career, winning league titles with PSV Eindhoven and Barcelona as well as making 101 appearances for the Netherlands.</p>, <p>Cocu then won the Dutch league title three times in four seasons as PSV boss and joins the Rams after leaving Fenerbahce in October following a short, unsuccessful stint at the Turkish club.</p>, <p>ALSO READ: Chelsea appoint Lampard as head coach</p>, <p>Derby’s search focused on finding a coach capable of developing young talent and Cocu’s record at PSV convinced them of that, quickly making him their number one target.</p>, <p>During his time managing his home town club in Eindhoven, he spent around £49m on player recruitment, while generating more than £134m in player sales.</p>, <p>Cocu will now join the team out in Sarasota on Florida’s Gulf Coast for the club’s 10-day pre-season training camp.</p>, <p>Sky Sports News reporter Rob Dorsett told Friday’s Good Morning Transfers show Derby have got themselves a ‘world-class coach’ in Cocu, given his success in the Netherlands.</p>, <p>He explained: “People will remember Cocu as a world-class player, and the job he did at PSV marked him out as a world-class coach as well. Alright, he left Fenerbahce in October after a short and unsuccessful spell, and that’s why in truth I think Derby have been able to attract him to the second tier of English football.</p>, <p>“But at PSV, in a five-year spell there, he won the Eredivisie title three times and made an awful lot of profit on the players he brought through – almost £100m during that time, despite winning the title three wins out of five.</p>, <p>ALSO READ: Carabao Cup 4th round draw: Lampard returns to Chelsea</p>, <p>“His ability to bring young playe