AFL legend appointed new Carlton coach

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Carlton person confirmed the assignment of Michael Voss arsenic their caller coach.

The 46-year-old, who was successful complaint of Brisbane from 2009-2013, volition manager the Blues for astatine slightest the adjacent 3 seasons.

He replaces David Teague, who was sacked past month.

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"I americium incredibly excited and consciousness precise privileged to go the caller AFL elder manager of the Carlton Football Club," Voss said.

"It is genuinely a large honour to articulation a nine arsenic large and arsenic arrogant arsenic Carlton, and I instrumentality connected this relation with a large consciousness of pridefulness and excitement for what's to come.

"From the extracurricular looking in, I deliberation everyone tin spot the undeniable endowment connected the playing list, which I'm truly looking guardant to getting to enactment with. To spell with that, there's a massive, loyal protagonist basal that has stood by this shot nine for a agelong time."

Carlton haven't made the finals since 2013, this twelvemonth finishing 13th connected the ladder with conscionable 8 wins.

It's been a tumultuous play for the club, with main enforcement Cain Liddle sacked conscionable days aft Teague was fixed his marching orders.

New Carlton manager Michael Voss (Getty)

"After a thorough and considered enactment process, Voss' credentials and immense acquisition successful shot made him the close idiosyncratic for the job," said nine president Luke Sayers.

"The last 4 candidates presented and interviewed highly well, each demonstrating beardown crippled program and strategical cognition with an accent connected offence, defence, contest, unit and structure.

"Michael demonstrated a beardown knowing of the cardinal cardinal requirements for Carlton close now: inspirational and accountable leadership, operator of a agreed and ambitious culture, builder of trusting and collaborative relationships and a heavy and genuine tendency to present beardown on-field performance."

Alastair Clarkson turned down the Carlton job. (Getty)

Voss was acold from Carlton's archetypal prime for the job, with some Alastair Clarkson and Ross Lyon turning down the role.

"We cognize that we person a highly talented, versatile playing radical and we firmly judge that Michael is the idiosyncratic to get the astir retired of our players arsenic radical and arsenic athletes," Sayers said.

"We are looking guardant to each of them getting to enactment with Michael, arsenic good arsenic his caller adjunct coaching staff, and we are excited to statesman this adjacent reset signifier unneurotic with the full Carlton family, starting with pre-season successful November."

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