BLACK MANAGERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CHANCE IN FOOTBALL - RAHEEM STERLING

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Manchester City's forward Raheem Sterling insists black managers should be given a chance to manage top clubs too like their white counterparts.

The England star made the statement while appearing as a guest on the BBC’s flagship political programme, Newsnight, in the wake of anti-racism protests that have taken hold across the world.

“This is a time to speak on these subjects, speak on injustice, especially in my field,” said Sterling.

“There’s something like 500 players in the Premier League and a third of them are black and we have no representation of us in the hierarchy, no representation of us in the coaching staffs. There’s not a lot of faces that we can relate to and have conversations with.

“With these protests that are going on it’s all well and good just talking, but it’s time that we need to have conversations, to be able to spark debates. But at same time, it’s coming together and finding a solution to be able to spark change because we can talk as much as we want about changing and putting people, black people, in these positions that I do feel they should be in.

“I’ll give a perfect one. There’s Steven Gerrard, your Frank Lampards, you have your Sol Campbells and you have your Ashley Coles. All had great careers, all played for England. At the same time, they’ve all respectfully done their coaching badges to coach at the highest level and the two that haven’t been given the right opportunities are the two black former players.

“I feel like that’s what’s lacking here, it’s not just taking the knee, it is about giving people the chance they deserve.”


The 25 year old have netted 11 times in 24 premier league games with his side sitting 8 points behind leaders Liverpool before the league was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.


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