Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has said he is “100% committed” to the club and dismissed reports linking him to a move away from Selhurst Park. The 50-year-old guided the Eagles to their first ever major trophy this month as they shocked Manchester City 1-0 in the FA Cup final. The Austrian has been linked...
Pep Guardiola has said he will quit as manager of Manchester City if he is given a big squad to select from after the summer transfer market. A number of Man City’s senior players were not included in the squad for Tuesday’s 3-1 win against Bournemouth and Guardiola says he is unhappy at leaving so...
Southampton have identified Lens manager Will Still as their leading candidate for the vacant position at St Mary’s Stadium. The 32-year-old, born in Belgium to English parents, announced last weekend he is leaving French side Lens to move back to the UK. The move is complicated by negotiations that need to take place to free...
An emotional Ange Postecoglou angrily dismissed the suggestion he is a “clown” in a combative news conference on the eve of Tottenham’s Europa League final against Manchester United. Referencing a report in the Standard, external which said he was “teetering between hero and clown” depending on the result in Bilbao, Spurs boss Postecoglou defended his...
Dundee have sacked manager Tony Docherty following the end of the Scottish Premiership campaign. The Dens Park club defeated St Johnstone 2-0 on Sunday to finish the season in 10th place. A statement released by Dundee said “the results of the team have not met the standards expected by the club”. Docherty, 54, was appointed...
‘It can’t all come from the manager’ – Martin Keown on how Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal can become winners
I wish I was a fly on the wall in the Arsenal dressing room at half-time on Sunday because I think a lot of the difference between their first and second-half performance was down to the kind of motivation from the manager that I am talking about. It was the same at Anfield last week,...
“You don’t talk about the egg before the hen has laid it.” Football managers are forever finding creative ways to divert questions and manage expectations – and Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner delivered this unusual answer when asked about the prospect of winning the club’s first ever major trophy. The 50-year-old Austrian, whose side face...
Moyes returned to Everton in January for his second spell in charge, after more than a decade at the helm between 2002 and 2013. The 62-year-old Scot said it was an honour for him to be in the dugout for what will be the Goodison finale for their men’s team. “There are a lot of...
Bates’ arrival from non-league Stourbridge was the beginning of a 50-year bond with Shrewsbury as a player, coach, manager and supporter. He scored 17 goals in his debut season, helping his side to promotion to Division Three, and his goalscoring exploits led to him being signed by Swindon Town for £30,000 in 1977. Bates returned...
McInnes has been in charge at Rugby Park since 2022 and last season guided the Ayrshire side into Europe by finishing fourth. His managerial career began when he took St Johnstone into the top flight in 2009 and, after a brief stint at Bristol City, he had seven years in Aberdeen, with whom he never...
In over a century of international football, Brazil’s football federation has largely shied away from trusting foreign managers with its top job. Only three non-Brazilians have ever led the side, and they coached just seven games in all. Uruguayan Ramon Platero was the first in 1925 and managed four games, Joreca from Portugal managed two...
“After all, this is a football club and the more people it has who understand football the better it is. We’re striving towards that. “We need a new manager and we’ve got to get it right. This is not one to take lightly if we are going to exploit the best of the talent we...
Joey Martin: It’s a no-brainer. What we need is a period of stability. To rebuild. And Derek has that ability and experience. Terry Dobson: McInnes should’ve been in the door years ago at Tynecastle but instead we’ve mucked about with risks such as Ian Cathro, Daniel Stendel and Critchley. McInnes would be the best gaffer...
Mikel Arteta believes timing is the reason Arsenal have not managed to win as many trophies as they would have liked over recent seasons. The Gunners will seek to keep alive their last hope of winning silverware this season by overturning a 1-0 first leg deficit against Paris St-Germain on Wednesday (20:00 BST) to reach...
Bristol Rovers have re-appointed Darrell Clarke as their manager following their relegation to League Two. Rovers sacked head coach Inigo Calderon on Sunday, less than 24 hours after the end of a disappointing season that ended in a 4-1 thumping at Blackpool. Clarke, 47, had four years in charge of Rovers between 2014-2018, a stint...