VIERA SAYS NO DOORS OPEN FOR BLACK MANAGERS

OCT 26, 2022 (16H40) JAMES SMITH

Crystal Palace boss and former arsenal star Patrick Viera has claimed that doors are not open for black managers and says that more needs be done to help encourage black players to pursue management.

" We have to give opportunities to people of colour."

Vieira told BBC's Football News Show.

" We are as good as anybody else. And we need to have no more or less opportunity than anybody else. When you are looking at the top five leagues in the world and you're looking at the number of black coaches you have in the first or second division, it is not enough."

" There is a lack of opportunity there. There is a lack of connection from black players to connect ourselves a little bit more with people who are making the decisions."

" But overall I believe that the doors are not open for us to do what we can do and to go into management. When I talk about management I'm talking about the team, but I'm also talking about the higher level as well. We need to be given more opportunities to show that we are as good as anybody else."

Viera is one of the finest midfielder's of the premier league era and was part of the invincible arsenal team that went undefeated for an entire Premier League campaign in 2003/2004. He managed in America and France before making his way back to England 2021 to take the Crystal Palace job.

Source:BBC Sport

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