He comes with a wealth of experience at the highest level in club football albeit as a number two.
There is no doubting his credentials as a coach and he was indeed a lot of clubs trying to get his signature on a contract. There is however, a lot of first class coaches who failed to make it as a manager or head coach.
I am hopeful that this isn't the case with Clement. He should have good contacts having worked at Real Madrid and he shouldn't have a shortage of players wanting to work for him.
Derby County have moved on in the last couple of years. The agenda is far more ambitious today.
After the spending spree of Paul Jewell the books had to be put back in order. Getting the finances into a healthy state and avoiding the drop appears to have been the first part of the plan.
We then moved on to make a serious challenge for promotion for two seasons. This as achieved as well as staying within the constraints of the financial fair play regulations.
The task for Paul Clement will be to push on and attain premier league status. There will be more money to spend this season as the FFP rules are loosened.
We have already been linked with several players and the signs are there that Sam Rush once to get Paul Clement and new players in place asap.
