Championship strugglers Charlton Athletic to appoint Nebojsa Vignjevic as new manager

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Nebojsa Vignjevic is to be appointed Charlton’s new manager, talkSPORT understands.

The Serbian has agreed to leave Hungarian top-flight club Újpest – who are controlled by the son of Addicks owner Roland Duchatelet – to take charge at The Valley.

Vignjevi?, 47, will replace Karel Fraeye at the helm of the Championship strugglers.

Fraeye was brought in to take over from Guy Luzon on an interim basis in October and Charlton announced his departure on Wednesday evening.

He has been in charge for 14 games, but has presided over just two wins and the woeful run of form has left Charlton in the Championship relegation zone.

Duchatelet decided to ditch Fraeye following Tuesday night’s 5-0 defeat at Huddersfield.

The humiliating loss followed an FA Cup exit at the hands of League One strugglers Colchester and extended Charlton’s winless run to ten matches.

Charlton’s official statement read: “The club would like to place on record its thanks to Karel for his tireless work and the many positive contributions he made to the wider football setup at Charlton.

“First-team coach Wim de Corte, assisted by Jason Euell, will take charge of the Charlton team for the Hull City match on Saturday.

A search for a new Head Coach has commenced.?”

Now the south London club will be hoping Vignjevic can halt their decline.

The little-known Serbian has been in charge of Ujpest since 2013 and led them to Hungarian Cup glory in 2014.