Tag: managers

Coventry City: Frank Lampard confirmed as contender for manager’s job
12 November 2024 Off

Coventry City: Frank Lampard confirmed as contender for manager’s job

By Total Football News

Lampard has been out of management since his short-term return to Stamford Bridge as caretaker manager ended after the conclusion of the 2022-23 season.

He has previous experience of the Championship having led Derby County to the play-off final in 2019 before going on to work at Chelsea and Everton in the Premier League.

Lampard is the current odds-on favourite with bookmakers, while former Sky Blues striker Robbie Keane has

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Mark Robins: Shock at Coventry City manager’s sacking
7 November 2024 Off

Mark Robins: Shock at Coventry City manager’s sacking

By Total Football News

Lifelong Coventry supporter and BBC CWR sports editor Rob Gurney has pretty much seen it all in his time covering and following the club.

He says Robins leaving has once again illustrated the contrasting emotions being a fan and a journalist often present.

“Am I gutted? Of course. Am I surprised? Not in the least,” he said.

“Football doesn’t respect a manager’s history or reputation, but you could argue

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Erik ten Hag: Premier League managers back sacked Manchester United boss
29 October 2024 Off

Erik ten Hag: Premier League managers back sacked Manchester United boss

By Total Football News

Premier League managers were speaking before their midweek Carabao Cup fixtures.

Ruud van Nistelrooy was appointed interim manager and will take charge for Manchester United’s fourth-round meeting with Leicester City, but the club are in talks about appointing Amorim as Ten Hag’s permanent successor.

Ten Hag carried out his pre-match media conference for Wednesday’s EFL Cup tie at Old Trafford (19:45 GMT) following the loss at West Ham – but

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Carlos Corberan one of the best managers I’ve had, says WBA winger Mikey Johnston
9 September 2024 Off

Carlos Corberan one of the best managers I’ve had, says WBA winger Mikey Johnston

By Total Football News

West Bromwich Albion forward Mikey Johnston says manager Carlos Corberan has made him “a better player” after his successful loan spell at the end of last season.

The 25-year-old re-signed for the Baggies on transfer deadline day from boyhood club Celtic for a reported £3m, after making an impression on the manager during the latter half of last season.

“I want hit the ground running. I feel I improved a

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Preston North End: Paul Heckingbottom frontrunner for manager’s job
19 August 2024 Off

Preston North End: Paul Heckingbottom frontrunner for manager’s job

By Total Football News

Paul Heckingbottom is a leading contender to become Preston North End’s new manager.

The 47-year-old, who guided Sheffield United to the Premier League in 2023 but was sacked last December with the club bottom of the table, is available and on Preston’s shortlist.

Former Manchester City elite development squad coach Brian Barry-Murphy has also been linked with the role as multiple candidates are being considered.

Preston are seeing a replacement

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Manchester United: Ex-Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel not interested in manager’s job
9 June 2024 Off

Manchester United: Ex-Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel not interested in manager’s job

By Total Football News

Thomas Tuchel has ruled himself out of the Manchester United manager’s job.

The former Bayern Munich and Chelsea coach was thought to be one of the names under consideration by United should they decide to replace Erik ten Hag.

A post-season review has still not reached its conclusion and Ten Hag has yet to learn whether he will get a third season in charge at Old Trafford.

It is understood

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Roberto De Zerbi: Brighton chief Paul Barber on manager’s future & club success
15 May 2024 0

Roberto De Zerbi: Brighton chief Paul Barber on manager’s future & club success

By Total Football News

In an era of over-spending, Brighton are viewed as the gold standard for how to run a club properly.

They do owe Bloom £373m and paid their owner £36m out of a club record £122.8m profit announced last month. But Barber points out a large part of that debt was because of construction of the Amex Stadium.

The stadium’s capacity can be increased beyond its current 31,876, but “by hundreds

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David Moyes: West Ham manager’s long goodbye ends – what will his legacy be?
6 May 2024 0

David Moyes: West Ham manager’s long goodbye ends – what will his legacy be?

By Total Football News

Yet that overlooks a significant point.

Hammers fans pay to watch their team. While there is widespread appreciation for what Moyes has achieved, a growing number are fed up at the way he has gone about it.

In an era of high press, risk-taking, front-foot football, they view Moyes as a largely defensive coach.

This is unfair. There are times – the 5-0 win against Freiburg and second-leg salvage

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David Moyes: West Ham to decide manager’s future at end of season
22 April 2024 0

David Moyes: West Ham to decide manager’s future at end of season

By Total Football News

West Ham are still planning to wait until the end of the season before clarifying manager David Moyes’ future.

Moyes’ contract runs out at the end of the campaign and he has refused to say whether his tenure will be extended.

The 60-year-old is the seventh-longest serving manager across England’s four divisions, having replaced Manuel Pellegrini in December 2019.

Moyes steered West Ham clear of relegation trouble that season and

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Russell Martin: Jason Wilcox has Southampton manager’s best wishes if he departs
6 April 2024 0

Russell Martin: Jason Wilcox has Southampton manager’s best wishes if he departs

By Total Football News
Southampton manager Russell Martin
Southampton sit fourth in the Championship table

Southampton manager Russell Martin has said that the “likely” departure of director of football Jason Wilcox impacts him.

“Being brutally honest, the one person this affects the most is me,” Martin told BBC Radio Solent.

Reports surfaced this week that Wilcox was to resign but Southampton are yet to confirm this.

He has been linked with a switch to Manchester United having previously

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