Managers
This section covers all news specific to football managers of different clubs and international teams.
Tottenham’s Harry Redknapp Named Manager Of The Year
Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has been named ‘Barclays Manager of the Season’ just two days after seeing his side qualify for next season’s Champions League. Speaking to Spurs’ official website, Redknapp said; “I’m delighted to receive the award but it’s a team effort with Kevin (Bond), Joe (Jordan), Clive (Allen), Tony (Parks), Tim (Sherwood),…
Man City Chairman Al Mubarak: ‘Mancini Will Be Boss For Many Years’
Manchester City’s club chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has said that current manager Roberto Mancini will remain in charge ‘for many years’. City’s saw their hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League ended by Tottenham on Wednesday evening, but speculation that Mancini’s job was under threat as a result has been dismissed by his chairman….
Rafa Benitez Opens Talks Over Liverpool Future
Liverpool have confirmed that they have held the first in what they hope to be a series of talks with manager Rafa Benitez over his future at the club. Benitez (who is understood to have already cancelled two prior meetings) met with chairman Martin Broughton with the hope of discussing his available transfer budget for…
Spurs qualification ends superb week for English managers
Wednesday night’s heroic display from Harry Redknapp’s Tottenham side completed a hugely successful week for a dying species, that species being top flight English managers. Harry now joins Steve McClaren and Roy Hodgson on that cloud whose number comes between eight and ten, and rounds off a fantastic week for England in a game that…
Coventry City correct to call time on Coleman
WHILE the decision to sack Chris Coleman might have come as a surprise to most outside the Ricoh Arena, for a large band of Coventry City supporters the writing was on the wall for some time. The 4-0 home defeat to Watford in the final game of the season was just the last in a…
“We don’t deserve respect, we demand it” – Jose Mourinho
Internazionale coach Jose Mourinho was in another defiant mood ahead of his side’s Coppa Italia final with AS Roma by hitting out at their president Rosella Sensi demanding her respect. Mourinho and his team are building up for yet another showpiece with Roma which will incredibly be the fifth time in six years that the…
Soccerlens TV: City v Spurs, Champions in Holland and Germany plus Champions League race in France
Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show. The Episode 27 of the show covers the Eredivisie champions FC Twente and their coach, Steve McClaren – who went from a zero to hero after getting Twente a Champions League spot in his first season and…
Sven-Goran Eriksson Keen For Ivory Coast To Avoid Paying The Penalty
With the eyes of the footballing world set to focus on Africa this summer you could forgive Sven-Goran Eriksson for starting to feel a little anxious. The former-England manager has been charged with leading the Ivory Coast at his third World Cup but, with only 37 days left until the tournament starts in earnest, Eriksson…
Spurs and Man City deserve their chance
It’s entirely fitting that the fight for fourth place has culminated in what will essentially be a cup final in form and function – the race has been hard-fought and full of twists and turns, with both City and Spurs more than deserving the chance to engage in this jackpot skirmish. It’s a shame Liverpool…
Steve McClaren: from “wally with the brolly” to national champion
21st November 2007 was the night that English football experienced one of its biggest ever wakeup call as a miserable dreary wet night at Wembley saw the English National Team humbled by Slaven Blic and his Croatian side as they ripped away a nation’s hope of qualifying for The European Championships the following summer. Many…
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