Newcastle United

[Bender]

Forever is a long time

[Chazza]

Leftfield....

[ame]https://twitter.com/SkySports_Keith/status/604754292331974658[/ame]

[dww]

Wow, that is an intriguing development.

[Chazza]

Could be very shrewd, he is highly rated at City.

Patrick Vieira emerges as surprise candidate for Newcastle manager job
• Steve McLaren also on shortlist with decision possible by Friday
• Vieira’s personality might be difficult fit with owner Mike Ashley

Patrick Vieira has emerged as a surprise contender to take charge of Newcastle United, but Steve McClaren remains on the club’s shortlist and the former England coach’s candidature retains strong support in certain quarters of St James’ Park.

McClaren is a free agent after being sacked by Derby County this month and extremely interested in succeeding John Carver on Tyneside. But Lee Charnley, Newcastle’s managing director, is scheduled to meet Vieira early this week.

Charnley would ideally like to be in a position to name the new manager by Friday but is determined to undertake full due diligence on all candidates on what is understood to be a three-man shortlist topped by McClaren and Vieira.

Vieira is effectively available because the former Arsenal and France midfielder is at the end of his deal as Manchester City’s under-21 coach and City are still to offer him an extension.

Although the 39-year-old lacks frontline managerial experience he is highly rated at the Etihad and would excite Newcastle fans while appealing to the team’s heavily Francophone dressing room.

Two years ago Vieira said St James’ Park was a favourite ground of his but the depth of his interest in taking over on Tyneside remains opaque. With the Frenchman’s camp apparently leaking details of the impending meeting with Charnley suspicions were immediately raised that Newcastle could be being used as pawns in a political game at City, where Vieira is said to harbour ambitions to eventually succeed Manuel Pellegrini as manager.

A character in Vieira’s strong-willed mode is precisely what Newcastle need but it appears unclear as to how such a potentially challenging figure would fit into Mike Ashley’s hitherto ultra-conformist regime. The difficulties inherent in standing up to Newcastle’s owner were one of the reasons behind Alan Pardew’s defection for Crystal Palace at New Year.

After presiding over a relegation skirmish Carver has been told his interim head coach’s contract will not be extended but Pardew’s former sidekick is expected to revert to his old assistant manager’s role next season.

Vieira is due to complete the pro licence qualification now mandatory for all Premier League managers next month but McClaren is considerably more experienced. Although Ashley was annoyed by McClaren’s refusal to leave Derby and take charge of Newcastle for the final three games of last season he knows the 54-year-old has a lot going for him.

Based just down the road at Yarm in North Yorkshire, McClaren fully understands the north-east and the way its media works. More importantly he is an excellent coach who led Middlesbrough to a League Cup triumph and the Uefa Cup final before winning the Eredivisie with FC Twente.

There have been downs – most notably with England and Wolfsburg – but he enjoys a good rapport with Graham Carr, Newcastle’s chief scout and effectively the club’s director of football, and would fit into a continental-style management structure, which might not sit too easily with Vieira.

Whether or not McClaren receives a phone call inviting him to advanced talks, Charnley is won over by Vieira or a “third man” emerges from left field, Newcastle’s desire to sign six players means the mission to replace Carver has assumed a degree of urgency.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/31/patrick-vieira-surprise-candidate-newcastle-manager

[Maxiedge]

Nah. Watching him in the Keane / Vieira documentary recently, I found him quits nauseating. Not managerial material at all , imo.

[Fosterbloke]

Nah. Watching him in the Keane / Vieira documentary recently, I found him quits nauseating. Not managerial material at all , imo.

Sounds like Newcastle managerial material

[Bender]

Ryan Taylor was told he was being let go by Newcastle in a phone call from John Carver, who then asked the player to pass the phone to Jonas Gutierrez so the Toon boss could tell him too.

United secured their Premier League status on the final day of the season.
"John Carver rang me and told me the club weren't going to offer me a new deal," Taylor told Sky Sports News.

"So I had a chat with him and then he asked me to pass the phone to Jonas, which was unbelievable."
The defender added: "He was made to do it, he obviously was upset in doing it.
"I spoke to him and he seemed upset about telling two good pros who have been there a long time that it's come to an end.

"I can't really blame John because he's under instructions on what to do."
Taylor, 30, had a six-year spell at St James' Park severely disrupted by two serious knee injuries.

Midfielder Gutierrez, 31, who had been at the Tyneside club since 2008, made a comeback this season after recovering from testicular cancer.
The Argentine scored in a 2-0 win over West Ham as Newcastle avoided relegation in their last league game of the campaign.
The pair are currently in Belfast at a coaching course.

"I didn't expect to get offered a new contract but it's not about that, you have to move on," said Gutierrez.

"The more important thing is that they can pick up a phone and call me or call my agent and say 'listen, thank you for everything, we are going to release you'."

BBC

[Bender]

Sky Sports News HQ @SkySportsNewsHQ 1m1 minute ago
BREAKING: Sky sources: Newcastle to hold talks with John Carver in next 48 hours to clarify his position. #SSNHQ

Sky sources: Patrick Vieira no longer under consideration by #NUFC if they decide to change head coach. #SSNHQ

what's to clarify ? your fired or your hired!

[Bender]

Looks like it's going to be Steve Mcclaren

[Bender]

Self-proclaimed 'best coach in the Premier League' John Carver has left Newcastle after a difficult period. #SSNHQ

[Lee]

That's a shambolic record.

They were incredibly lucky to stay up. Very fortunate that this league is littered with a lot of ****.

[peekay]

So they get him to ring up Jonas Gutierrez and Ryan Taylor and tell them they are being released and fire him a few days later

Brilliant

[Paddy]

He said he's taking a deserved sabbatical. Hoping to get a job with a CL team.

[red g]

presuming thats a conference league team?

[Roboklopp]

FSG will be after him.