Premiership clubs under attack over managers
Feb 17, 2009
LONDON<br><br>Impatient clubs are costing young managers the chance to establish themselves in the English Premier League, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Monday.
LONDON
Impatient clubs are costing young managers the chance to establish themselves in the English Premier League, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Monday.
Wenger, who according to his club has seen 107 Premier League bosses lose their jobs during his 12 years in north London, pointed to this season’s departures of 37-year-old Roy Keane, Paul Ince (41) and Tony Adams (42).
“That is not just anybody, you know, that is three massive personalities in English football with top quality –– but after six months (of this season) they are out,†Wenger said.
“It is difficult for me to assess these situations but it is very easy to understand, without judging, if it’s right or wrong.
“The global situation makes it difficult for young managers to come through now. All of them had a different way into their jobs but each faced the same impatience.â€
Wenger added that managers were not given the chance to develop their teams because the threat of dismissal hung over them after a few poor results.
“If you change a manager every six months you will not develop young players because he knows if he loses three games he is out,†the 59-year-old Frenchman said
Adams was sacked by Portsmouth after just over three months in charge after Ince at Blackburn and Roy Keane at Sunderland.
Impatient clubs are costing young managers the chance to establish themselves in the English Premier League, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Monday.
Wenger, who according to his club has seen 107 Premier League bosses lose their jobs during his 12 years in north London, pointed to this season’s departures of 37-year-old Roy Keane, Paul Ince (41) and Tony Adams (42).
“That is not just anybody, you know, that is three massive personalities in English football with top quality –– but after six months (of this season) they are out,†Wenger said.
“It is difficult for me to assess these situations but it is very easy to understand, without judging, if it’s right or wrong.
“The global situation makes it difficult for young managers to come through now. All of them had a different way into their jobs but each faced the same impatience.â€
Wenger added that managers were not given the chance to develop their teams because the threat of dismissal hung over them after a few poor results.
“If you change a manager every six months you will not develop young players because he knows if he loses three games he is out,†the 59-year-old Frenchman said
Adams was sacked by Portsmouth after just over three months in charge after Ince at Blackburn and Roy Keane at Sunderland.