Portsmouth rule out Kidd return

Portsmouth manager Paul Hart on Monday ruled out the return of experienced assistant coach Brian Kidd for the upcoming Premier League season.

Kidd worked alongside Hart from February last season and helped keep Pompey in the top flight.

But Hart told BBC Radio: “He did a great job for me after turning down a number of other jobs. But he’s a family man and Manchester is a long way.”

Kidd spent the bulk of his coaching career with Manchester United, working under Sir Alex Ferguson after moving to Old Trafford from Preston in 1991.

After a short time in charge at Blackburn, he later became an assistant to Sven-Goran Eriksson in the England set-up before a spell at Sheffield United.

Hart said that no replacement has yet been lined up.