“Yes, I have to. I will leave the club at the end of the season. I can understand that that’s a shock for a lot of people, in this moment when you hear it for the first time, but obviously, I can explain it – or at least try to explain it.” The words which had to come eventually, nothing lasts forever after all. Nevertheless, words the Anfield faithful hoped may be on the distant horizon rather than in the present.
On the 20th of December Nottingham Forest appointed Nuno Espirito Santo as their new boss. He replaced Steve Cooper, who was sacked the day before, despite having led them into the Premier League, kept them there, and the club sitting five points clear of the relegation zone at the time. Presumably they are expecting Nuno, as he is generally known, to guide them into the Champions League this season or the next.
The 2022/23 Premier League season has been incredible and perhaps the talking points that come to define it will only be known once the dust has settled. Will we remember Erling Haaland’s many, many goals, a Man City treble, the greatest relegation battle in PL history, the emergence of Newcastle as a major force, Man United’s return to the upper echelons of English football… or something else entirely?
Some call the England manager’s role the impossible job, whilst others call it the hardest job in the world. Gareth Southgate seems to be making it look relatively easy – certainly very possible at any rate. That’s a different matter though, because both Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane might well argue that being your country’s captain, hero and record goalscorer is, in fact, an impossible (or certainly a thankless) task.
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