WHEN Nottingham Forest became the latest club to have a managerial vacancy, the departing manager Aitor Karanka cited ‘outside influence’ as the reason for his departure.
That reason surprised me, because I don’t see a job in football today where that will not be the case to some degree or other. Football management is a very different role in 2019 from the job it was 22 years ago when I first managed.
Back then, I chose the players, agreed deals with clubs, negotiated player contracts, decided who played and decided who left. Without those powers, a manager i...