After controlling the future of her own career for some time now, Britney Spears has finally hired a professional manager to guide her comeback to pop stardom.

The former pop star had a public falling out with former manager Larry Rudolph, who she blamed alongside her mother for forcing her to go to rehab. Britney fired him earlier this year.

In order to give her advice on how to return to her chart-topping ways, Spears has turned to the experienced Jeff Kwatinez of management group The Firm.

Kwatinez was also given the flick in 2007 by an artist he represented - he was let go in the wake of Clarkson's falling out with label boss Clive Davis.after advising Kelly Clarkson in the making of her disastrous album 'My December', and commenting publicly about the pressures placed upon the inaugural American Idol by her label.

His reputation sullied by the experience, Kwatinez is now set to guide Britney, who since taking over her own management has paid for the making of her own video for comeback single "Get Back" to purportedly disastrous results.

Can a professional manager guide Britney back to the chart-topping ways that she thus far hasn't been able to do herself?