Monday 12 January 2015 10:06, UK
Wales boss Chris Coleman says Newcastle United are going to find it hard to attract big names to fill the vacant managerial role at St James’ Park.
Newcastle parted company with Alan Pardew at the start of January, with John Carver taking temporary charge of the club for their last three Premier League matches.
However, according to Coleman, Newcastle may struggle to lure a coach to the north east with the level of experience and stature they are looking for given the way in which owner Mike Ashley runs the Magpies.
“If we are judging by what has happened during the last three or four years, then if they are going to try and attract the big-name manager, that is going to be difficult because of the transfer policy,” Coleman told Goals on Sunday.
“If the manager does not sign the players, then you are not really going to get one of the big names, even though it is Newcastle, which is a huge, great club with fantastic support and 55,000 fans there every week.
“But having said that, the managers who have got the really good track records, they may want to dodge it as they will want to be in charge of their own fate. And if you are not making the transfers yourself, some people won’t want to get involved in that.”
Peter Reid agreed with Coleman. The former Sunderland manager claimed whoever does get the job should at least have some say over which players are brought into the club.
“Remi Garde obviously knows about the Premier League having played in it,” Reid said. “And it could be a good fit, especially with the format that Chris was talking about, he will be familiar with.
“The game is changing all the time and different owners and chairmen want different ways of running football clubs. But I have always thought that as a manager or a coach, there has to be some input with the players coming in if you are working with them.
“Now I understand that Newcastle United have a good recruitment policy, but surely the manager can be involved in that in some way, whoever they get, and I think that that is important.
“And just to reiterate, I managed Sunderland for a long while and it is a great football place up there with Newcastle United, Sunderland and Middlesbrough. And Newcastle United are a fantastic football club.”
