CasinoApps.com<\/a>, Chris Waddle delivers a damning assessment of the Glazers’ stewardship of Manchester United.<\/p>\nThe former England midfielder also explains why James Maddison will need an exceptional season to get back into England team.<\/p>\n
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Question: After his disappointment at missing out on the Euros how impressed were you with Grealish against Ireland?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nChris Waddle:<\/strong> “I enjoyed seeing Jack Grealish back in the England starting line-up in the number 10 role, which he’s not played for a long time. You could tell that he wasn\u2019t entirely comfortable there because he kept drifting off to that left-hand side where Anthony Gordon was playing. I think he did that a little bit too often, to be honest, but I\u2019m sure that with a bit of time, he\u2019ll improve.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nWhen he\u2019s played on the left, he offers the team balance and technical security because he very rarely gives the ball away. He doesn\u2019t really beat people with tricks or pace – I\u2019ve always though Jack\u2019s attributes were suited to playing as a number 10. It looks like Lee Carsley agrees with me.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nI\u2019ve always thought of Jack as a 10. He\u2019s not a winger, he\u2019s never been a winger in my opinion, and I think that is the best role for him in this England team, the problem is he\u2019s competing for that shirt with a lot of good players. Bellingham, Foden, Palmer, I think those players are a more natural fit for that position.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nI\u2019m not sure if he\u2019ll keep the shirt moving forward with Carsley, but it was good to see him back and making an impact for the national team.”\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nQ: Ireland not a tough test<\/b><\/p>\n
Chris Waddle:<\/strong> “It\u2019s hard to judge Carsley after that performance against Ireland. No disrespect, but Ireland are a very poor team. He could have played any system with any players, and England would have won. It will be the same against Finland tonight.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nFinland don\u2019t have a good track record over the last 10 games. They\u2019ve been beaten by a lot of teams – if Carsley wanted to, he could play with seven attackers in the team and still win against the Fins comfortably.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nYou can only beat what\u2019s in front of you. Let’s be perfectly honest, the two opponents don\u2019t get much easier when you consider the strength of the England team. It\u2019s a very gentle introduction to managing at the highest level of international football for Lee Carsley.”\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nQ: You said that England should go all out for a top manager and mentioned Pep Guardiola. Do you think Lee Carsely is warming the seat for a bigger name?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nChris Waddle:<\/strong> “Now Carsley\u2019s in the role on an interim basis, this is basically an audition. It\u2019s a bit of try before you buy scenario, and that was exactly the same when Gareth Southgate first went in.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nGet in the job and let\u2019s see what you can do. If the results are good, the performances, then I think there will be a lot of people that will be pushing the FA to offer him the job on a permanent basis.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nI want England to be successful long-term, and I have to wonder, when we\u2019re playing against the best opposition in a tournament scenario, not the likes of Ireland and Finland, can Lee Carsley be a winning manager?\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nIt\u2019s so difficult to judge him on the results against teams that England should be beating all day with their eyes closed. I want to judge him when he\u2019s playing the best teams like France, Spain, Italy, Germany.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nThe problem is that\u2019s an unlikely scenario before the World Cup in 2026. OK, we may get one difficult opponent in the qualification games, but let\u2019s be honest, the majority of opponents England face between now and then are going to be teams we should beat. We\u2019re not going to have a true barometer of his managerial ability and whether he is the right man to lead the country into a tournament until it kicks-off. That could be a bit of a gamble.”<\/span><\/em>
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\n<\/span>Q: Would you question the ambition of the FA if they went down the same managerial path as Southgate and appointed Lee Carsley full-time? <\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nChris Waddle:<\/strong> “I wish the FA would come out and say, \u201cLee\u2019s in the seat for a minute, he’s holding the fort while we\u2019re assessing our options.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nI think the FA would be foolish not to be speaking to other candidates discussing the England job.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nAll England fans want the Football Association to be as ambitious as possible. They also want a bit of communication and to understand what the FA\u2019s ambition is. It feels like they\u2019re waiting for everyone to get behind the manager, which they will do if we keep winning. I\u2019m going to back him as long as he\u2019s in the job. I’m an England fan like everybody else.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nLike I said, you can’t really judge Lee Carsley until England play top opposition.\u00a0 By that point, it might be too late.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nQ: After Newcastle\u2019s good start to the season do you see them challenging for a top 4 place this season?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nChris Waddle:<\/strong> “I think getting into the top four will be a big ask for Newcastle, but they’re in the chasing pack.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nThe advantage for Newcastle is no Europe. Some of Newcastle\u2019s direct competition for the top four are going to be playing in the Europa League, Aston Villa have Champions League football, with more games and a more demanding fixture list. Those squads are going to be pushed.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nThat might really help Newcastle get a top four spot. Teams that they\u2019re competing with, they will be tired. It\u2019s hard rotating your players and playing twice a week, every week. Unfortunately, Newcastle know that from their own experience in the Champions League last season.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nTo compete in Europe and at home, I think you need two teams really. You need a squad that is big enough to allow you to rotate often.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nFocussing on the Premier League could help Newcastle. They\u2019ve done it before (qualified for the Champions League), and I also think that without the distraction of European football, they can go deep in the cup competitions.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nThere\u2019s no reason why Newcastle shouldn\u2019t be looking at the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup and not trying to win those.”\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nQ: On Eddie Howe\u2019s relationship with Newcastle hierarchy\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Chris Waddle:<\/strong> “The problem in modern football is when an owner gets far too involved in the day-to-day running of the club and is told what they want to hear by executives that they employ.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nThere tends to be a lot of voices trying to get their attention, it\u2019s a bit like a Royal Court where advisers are trying to be favoured. When that happens, there are problems, and we\u2019re seeing those at Chelsea at the moment. Different owners, different points-of-view, lots of advisers and Sporting Directors.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nManager\u2019s should be left to manage football clubs. Of course, they need to be held accountable, but at the same time, let them do their job. If Eddie Howe tells his owner or the executives at Newcastle that wants a certain player, and the Sporting Director disagrees, then that\u2019s a big, big problem for a manager.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nEddie Howe gets paid to manage a football club and win games. If he wants a specific player, it\u2019s because he thinks that player will help him get better results. He doesn\u2019t want to be given players that he hasn\u2019t picked, or picks from the Sporting Director.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nYou can\u2019t have a disagreement between your Sporting Director and manager. I\u2019m a firm believer that the manager should be the one who leads on recruitment or has the final say.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nQ: Let Howe get on with his job<\/b><\/p>\n
Chris Waddle:<\/strong> “If you employ a manager, I don’t care whether you are Madrid or Macclesfield Town, you have got to let the manager get on with his job. Mangers know the game, they know it\u2019s a results business, and if a manager doesn\u2019t hit his objectives, then he knows he will be shown the door. It\u2019s as simple as that.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nYou don\u2019t employ a manager and then bring in a Sporting Director to tell them what systems to play; players to buy. Owners and clubs are becoming obsessed with projects these days, but a project should be built around a good manager.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nRunning an elite club with resources isn\u2019t rocket science. You need a vision from the top down and total alignment, and the most important piece of the jigsaw is having a top-class manager to hold it all together. That\u2019s what Newcastle have in Eddie Howe, but it feels like his voice isn\u2019t the most important at the club.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nBig managers have their say, and they do what they do, and that’s why they’re successful. They live and die by the decisions they make.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nIf you\u2019re a manager and you\u2019re not calling the shots on transfers, that\u2019s a massive problem. How can you do your job properly?\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nEveryone at Newcastle is behind the boss, not the board. The fans love Eddie Howe at Newcastle and appreciate what he brings to the football club.”\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nQ: Howe didn\u2019t get what he wanted this summer<\/b><\/p>\n
Chris Waddle:<\/strong> “Eddie Howe\u2019s main transfer priority this summer was a centre half. I think Newcastle needed to bring in three players: a couple of centre halves and a striker. He didn\u2019t get what he wanted.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nThere’s something obviously going on there. I don\u2019t know why they didn\u2019t deliver him the players he wanted.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nHe qualified for the Champions League, but I think last year trying to manage that competition and the Premier League highlighted the weaknesses in the squad, the lack of depth.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nHe knows that he needs to strengthen. I think he must have been told by people above him that he\u2019s targeting the wrong players. That\u2019s a big problem for me.”\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nQ: After Mitchell\u2019s interview in which he said, since the takeover two-and-a-half-years-ago, the club hasn\u2019t made the most of their opportunities, has the 5-year plan by PIF now been extended?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nChris Waddle:<\/strong> “Mitchell\u2019s comments are just another way of appealing to the fans to be more patient. Listen, the five-year plan hasn’t happened. Newcastle did qualify for the Champions League, but they didn’t strengthen the squad.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nThe squad couldn\u2019t manage the demands of four competitions. It was just too much for that squad they had. That should have been a big wake-up call for the club.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nIf you look at Manchester City, Arsenal, they’ve got a lot of players. Newcastle were probably thinking, we need to go down this road. It\u2019s more difficult to do that now without Champions League football and the new financial restrictions. You can\u2019t spend money willy nilly. You have to balance the books, and the most effective way to do that is selling academy players.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nThe Champions League was a great opportunity to turbo charge the five-year plan, but it doesn\u2019t look like its moved on.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nWe\u2019re kind of starting again. If Newcastle don\u2019t qualify for the Champions League, or even the Europa League, then I think it will be very difficult to convince certain players to stay for another year.”\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nQ: Waddle ponders the future without European football at Newcastle<\/b><\/p>\n
Chris Waddle:<\/strong> “Bruno seems to be quite content. He\u2019s just been appointed club captain, and he looks very settled. He is one of the Newcastle players that there always seems to be rumours about regarding other clubs.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nWould Bruno want out if Newcastle weren\u2019t playing in the Champions League next season? I think that totally depends on which clubs are interested in signing him. For some players, there are certain clubs that are very hard to turn down.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nFor the players from South America, the Spanish giants are normally close to their hearts. If Bruno Guimaraes had an opportunity to play for Real Madrid or Barcelona, I think it would be very difficult for Newcastle to keep him, especially if they don’t qualify for the Champions League.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nWhether or not Barcelona or Real Madrid would want him, that\u2019s another matter.”\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nQ: Sandro Tonali<\/b><\/p>\n
Chris Waddle:<\/strong> “I think Sandro Tonali is ready to go back in to the starting line-up. He\u2019s got some minutes into his legs on the international scene, played well, and he looks like he wants to make up for lost time.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nI think he’s ready. He’s fit. As I say, he’s played well for Italy. I think he’ll take Longstaff’s role at Wolves. Newcastle will have a midfield three of Joelinton, Bruno and Tonali. That’s a tasty midfield, that three.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nI’m sure Eddie will be thinking, \u2018how do I get the balance right?\u2019. It\u2019s a midfield three where each player is complimentary. We didn\u2019t get to see it much last season because of Sandro\u2019s absence, but you look at the blend of players and you would say that trio could give any Premier League team a run for their money. That\u2019s a midfield that could hold their own against anybody in the Premier League, and in Europe.”\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nQ: Adrien Rabiot<\/b><\/p>\n
Chris Waddle:<\/strong> “Rabiot\u2019s a top player and the best teams in the Premier League have deep squads.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nMan City have players on the bench who would probably get in to most first teams. Arsenal have been building their squad, Liverpool have a good squad. To compete with the very best, you need good players, and Rabiot is one of them.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nHe\u2019s said that he\u2019s always wanted to play in the Premier League. I think Manchester United are the team with the strongest interest, according to reports, but if Rabiot has eyes, then he must be looking at Manchester United and all the problems there and think that Newcastle are a better option at the moment.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nThe question is, would Rabiot be interested in joining a club like Newcastle? We\u2019ve spoken about Newcastle\u2019s ambition, some of the issues behind-the-scenes this summer, but I would still be more confident in Newcastle reaching their objectives faster than Manchester United.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nIf those are his choices, then for me, there\u2019s only one winner.”\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nQ: Anthony Gordon\u2019s future<\/b><\/p>\n
Chris Waddle:<\/strong> “Everyone knows that Gordon has two years left on his contract. He\u2019s a player that a lot of clubs like, and I can see why.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nDo Newcastle need to keep him? Absolutely. For me, Anthony Gordon is the future of the club and someone that you want to build around. The club should be looking to nail him down to a new deal as quickly as possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nNewcastle can be cute here and test the water, but they have to make the player feel wanted and feel him out a bit.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nOnce you get around the table with a player or his people, you can get a good indication of where they\u2019re heads at. If Gordon doesn\u2019t want to commit, then Newcastle have to cash in on him at the end of the season.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nHis future is a big deal to resolve for the club. Normally clubs don’t let big players get into the last 18 months, so it\u2019s got to be on the top of Paul Mitchell\u2019s to-do list.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nHe’s young and he\u2019s getting better all the time. He\u2019s in the England team. They need to tie him down.”\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nQ: Tottenham\u2019s problems are the same as last season<\/b><\/p>\n
Chris Waddle:<\/strong> “After watching Tottenham against Newcastle, I think they have the same problem as last year: they create so many chances, but they don\u2019t have a player that puts them away.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nThey bombarded Newcastle. They should have been out of sight. With every missed chance, you just knew that Newcastle were going to break away and score, and that\u2019s what happened.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nIt\u2019s a shame Solanke is injured. They\u2019re missing him. He was signed to put away the types of chances that they create, and when the other options aren\u2019t proper strikers. Son likes to play off the left, Kulusevski likes to roam around, and Johnson is also more of a wide player. They will do a job for you, but it\u2019s not enough to win football games every single week.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nThey have got a young team, there are some great players coming through, but I think the squad is still a bit short to compete with the best in the Premier League.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nTottenham’s drive and ambition must be top four. I can see them giving teams a game, but the problem is putting the ball in the back of the net. You can\u2019t create that many chances and not take one playing that open, because you\u2019ll eventually get punished. Tottenham look very vulnerable on the counter-attack playing such a high line.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nQ: Tottenham summer business<\/b><\/p>\n
Chris Waddle:<\/strong> “I would have liked to have seen Tottenham go out and signed more established players this summer. They signed Archie Gray, who\u2019s a great prospect, they brought in a kid from Sweden.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nSolanke is a bit more experienced. He\u2019s 26, and he\u2019s had a good few seasons now in the Premier League. He was excellent last season, but I think Tottenham need more players in that age bracket coming into the squad. Tottenham don\u2019t need players for the future, they need players for the here and now.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nI understand that the stadium needs to be paid for, but, at the same time, the biggest club\u2019s go out and spend money on top, top players that are going to take them up a level.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nI want to see Spurs progress. To do that, they need better players. Hopefully they will be able to do that when the debt on the stadium is paid. I\u2019m so frustrated seeing the club sell its best players over the years. I want Tottenham to become a club that keeps its stars and adds to them, and hopefully we can get there within two seasons.”\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nQ: James Maddison was overlooked in the last England squad. Has he been treated unfairly when you look at some of the other players that are in there – I\u2019m thinking Morgan Gibbs-White, and Angel Gomes in particular, possible Noni Madueke.<\/b><\/p>\n
Chris Waddle:<\/strong> “I think Lee, like Gareth, must have thought, \u2018We’ve got too many number 10s. I fancy Palmer, I fancy Morgan Gibbs-White.\u2019<\/em><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nMorgan Gibbs-White has come in to the squad under the radar. I don\u2019t think anyone was expecting him to be in the squad. Carsley has worked with him before and likes his attitude and the way he goes about his business. He\u2019s a very confident player, loud on the pitch.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nMaybe he\u2019s thinking about the future. Maybe he doesn\u2019t see James Maddison as part of that future. James Maddison lost form last year after that ankle injury. That kept him out of the squad for the Euros. I think if he looked at his season as a whole, he would begrudgingly say that he didn\u2019t do enough to be part of the England team last summer.\u00a0<\/span>All James Madison’s got to worry about is performing well for Tottenham. If he does that, then he can change Carsley\u2019s mind and get back in the squad.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
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