Monday 10 April 2017 14:54, UK
Former Arsenal and England defender Tony Adams has been appointed coach of Spanish side Granada until the end of the season.
Adams, 50, is vice-president of DDMC - a football club management company owned by Granada president John Jiang - and has been working with the team since November.
He now takes charge of first-team affairs after the departure of Lucas Alcaraz, which came a day after the club was beaten 3-1 at home by Valencia to leave them seven points adrift of safety with only seven games left in the season.
Adams has worked in a variety of countries since bringing an end to his playing career in 2002.
He had spells in charge of Wycombe and Portsmouth and also spent time on the coaching staff at Dutch side Feyenoord before moving to Azerbaijan in 2010 as manager of FC Gabala.
Adams later took on the role of sporting director with Gabala and most recently ventured to China, where he spent time in a similar role with Chongqing Lifan.
A club statement on Monday read: "After evaluating the situation in which the team is and the sensations the team had been showing after recent results, Granada has decided to end the time of Lucas Alcaraz and his coaching staff in charge of the first team.
"In his place, the club place all their confidence in Tony Adams, vice president of DDMC, as head coach of Granada until the end of the season."
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