Sorry, Al.
Jamie Carragher has dismissed the case for Alan Shearer becoming the next England manager. The former Newcastle United striker revealed on Match of the Day, following England’s Euro 2016 exit to Iceland, that he spoke to the FA in 2012 about the position before Roy Hodgson was appointed.
Shearer, who’s only role in management was a brief spell in charge of Newcastle when they were relegated in 2009, was told that he lacked the required experience to be considered.
However, Shearer hasn’t given up hope.
“I’d definitely speak to them, absolutely. I would offer my experience and tournament experience.”
Luckily for the 45-year-old, Carragher isn’t part of the decision process for the next England boss.
“Shearer’s patriotism is admirable but there is more to being a successful manager than just patriotism and emotion,” Carragher wrote in his column for the Daily Mail.
“Shearer, after all, will remember how, after acting on emotion when Newcastle called him in 2009, he failed to stop the club he has supported all his life being relegated.
Carragher instead made the case for Jurgen Klinsmann, the former Spurs’ striker and coach of the United States.
“My own view is that international football should be about the best in your country against the best of someone else’s, so I had always favoured an Englishman but there can be no complaints if the FA look to a foreign coach.
“With that in mind, I wouldn’t knock the idea of appointing Jurgen Klinsmann, who has been to a World Cup semi-final with Germany, a Copa America semi-final with the United States and knows our game.”
