‘I’m a Man Utd hero – I’d like to handle Sunderland and I’m open to alternative’
Manchester United icon Dwight Yorke says he desires to handle Sunderland.
The 52-year-old, who spent three seasons on the Stadium of Light as a participant, has thrown his hat into the ring following Ian … sorry, Michael Beale’s departure this week. The Black Cats have appointed Mike Dodds as interim coach whereas they seek for Beale’s everlasting alternative, and Yorke sees no purpose why he would not match the invoice.
Speaking to Gambling Zone, the previous Trinidad & Tobago striker insists his prior stint on the membership would stand him in good stead, including that he’d be up for the problem of making an attempt to get Sunderland again into to the Premier League.
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“I would just like the opportunity to manage Sunderland,” he mentioned. “I’ve played for this club and it would be nice to go back to Sunderland but it doesn’t mean that I’d rule out managing another club in the EFL. I have to be open-minded to the challenge I’d have to take on.”
Yorke additionally mentioned he’d be up for managing Birmingham City, the place he spent the 2004/05 marketing campaign as a participant, although a return to St Andrew’s appears to be like unlikely within the close to future provided that Tony Mowbray has solely been within the hotseat for a matter of weeks.
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Yorke has dabbled in administration, however solely briefly. In 2022 he took cost of Australian outfit Macarthur, and though he led them to Australia Cup glory, he stop after simply six months on the helm. Prior to that, he was interviewed by former membership Aston Villa over their managerial emptiness in 2021, however the job went to Steven Gerrard as an alternative.
As a participant, Yorke scored over 200 objectives in roughly 700 profession matches. He’s finest remembered for his stints at United, the place he received three Premier League titles and the Champions League, and at Villa, the place he received the League Cup. He additionally performed for Blackburn, Birmingham, Sydney FC and Sunderland earlier than hanging up his boots in 2009.
Sunderland are at present tenth within the Championship, however are solely 4 factors off a play-off place. Ex-manager Beale, who solely took over in December, was given his marching orders after petulantly blanking Trai Hume as he was subbed off throughout their current defeat to Birmingham.
