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Panathinaikos have unveiled former Ajax boss Henk ten Cate as their new coach.

The 53-year-old Dutchman has signed a two-year contract with the Athens club. He moves to Greece after being sacked as an assistant coach with Chelsea, who he helped to the Champions League final.

He added: “Panathinaikos’ organisation, history, ambition and attitude towards football in general match those of the greatest football clubs in Europe, so I’m confident that we will achieve our goals. I’m looking forward to coming to Athens and meeting my players.”

Ten Cate inherits a team that finished third in the Super League last season. The campaign was a huge disappointment as the club had sought to mark its centenary with a league title, and coach Jose Peseiro was sacked at the end of the season.

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Dutchman Henk ten Cate, who was Avram Grant’s right-hand man at Chelsea last season, was named as the new coach of Greek side Panathinaikos on Friday.

“Panathinaikos’ organization, history, ambition and attitude match those of the greatest clubs in Europe, so I’m confident that we will achieve our goals. I’m looking forward to coming to Athens and meeting my players.”

Ten Cate, 54, was assistant manager at Chelsea under Grant last season where the Londoners finished runners-up to Manchester United in the Premier League and the Champions League.

Grant has now been replaced by Brazil’s Luiz Felipe Scolari.

During the 2005-2006 season ten Cate was assistant to Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona which won the Champions League title and the La Liga crown.

Ten Cate was a former player in the Dutch league and briefly had a stint with North American Soccer League side Edmonton Drillers in Canada.

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Blackburn Rovers are ready to fly to Euro 2008 for talks with old boy and BBC pundit Alan Shearer about becoming their next boss.

Chairman John Williams has established that the former Rovers legend and title winner is keen to discuss the vacancy and start his managerial career at Ewood Park.

Williams and his board will put Shearer’s name on their list today.

Rovers need to know his plans and Shearer has to find out about what budget he is going to work with - and whether they are selling stars like Roque Santa Cruz and David Bentley in the post-Mark Hughes fall-out.

Shearer’s appointment would be experimental but his standing in the game is huge and his knowledge excellent.

He would bring veteran coach Tommy Craig with him and probably old pal Mike Newell.

Dutchman Henk Ten Cate is ready to fly back from a holiday to speak to them about the vacancy before giving Panathinaikos an answer on their boss offer.

Sam Allardyce is hopeful of getting an interview, while Paul Ince has told Leicester he will give them an answer on their offer tomorrow but is also optimistic he will speak to Rovers first.

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