Following the news that he'd become the Saddlers' new Head Coach, Mat Sadler has issued a statement, welcoming the opportunity to take the club into the 2023/24 campaign.38-year-old Sadler takes over from previous boss Michael Flynn and will have plenty of work ahead of him if he is to have his team ready for the new campaign, which gets underway in early August.
The first task facing the former defender, is the yet-to-be-decided Released and Retained, with the veteran set to consider which players he wants to take forward whilst also releasing those who don't have a future in WS1.
Speaking via the club's official website, Mat said; "Firstly, I can’t wait to get started. We’ve gone through the process and in the back of my head was just being desperate to get started so I can’t wait for the opportunity to do that.
"I want to thank everyone who was part of the process for giving me the opportunity and it’s not one that I take at all lightly - it’s one I have real honour in being asked to do.
"It goes without saying that I will give it absolutely everything to make sure it’s a success over the coming years.
"I want to make the point to the fans; we must now be together in this next phase in the football club’s journey.
"Fans, staff, players – everyone coming together over this next period and showing what a powerful thing that can be will be my rallying cry throughout the whole season, because we won’t achieve anything on our own.
"We all must be together throughout the wins, throughout the defeats, all of those good times and all of those tough times - we all need to be together throughout all of it and that’s the only way we’ll be successful."
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