Robert J Wilson examines the state of play for two English football legends as they seek to overcome managerial setbacks...
WHEN a top name loses his job, the old adage that ‘great players don’t make great managers’ always seems to resurface. It has happened most recently with two of the Premier League’s legendary performers, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard.
It is a bit of a myth that former top players struggle to carve out a second successful career from the sidelines. True, the likes of Jurgen Klopp, Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho all experienced mediocre playing careers for small or ama...