Published By: Sports Desk
Last Updated: March 21, 2023, 15:00 IST
Patrick Vieira (AP Photo/Dave Thompson, File)
A report revealed by Goal claims that the United States males’s nationwide soccer staff have been suggested to contemplate the thought of hiring Vieira as their head coach
Just days after being sacked by Crystal Palace staff administration, Patrick Vieira could possibly be seen within the dugout quickly. Premier League outfit Crystal Palace introduced the dismissal of Vieira as their supervisor final week. It is now being learnt that the Frenchman is in competition to grow to be the top coach of a global staff. A report revealed by Goal claims that the United States males’s nationwide soccer staff have been suggested to contemplate the thought of hiring Vieira as their head coach. Vieira, though, will not be the lone determine within the fray for the USA nationwide staff’s job. The report mentions that Vieira and his former teammate Thierry Henry will battle it out to grow to be the subsequent supervisor of the American facet.
The United States males’s nationwide soccer staff are and not using a everlasting coach following the departure of Gregg Berhalter. His contract expired on December 31 final yr. The USA, beneath the teaching of Berhalter, reached the last-16 spherical of the FIFA World Cup 2022.
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Former American participant Alexi Lalas has now opened up on the matter. The 52-year-old said that Patrick Vieira could be the proper alternative for the USA job. “I feel Patrick Vieira is price a chat. But I feel it’s ineffective to speak about potential USMNT teaching candidates till a males’s GM (who will decide the subsequent coach) is employed,” Lalas wrote on Twitter in response to a certain user asking him about Vieira’s suitability for the role.
I think Patrick Vieira is worth a chat. But I think it’s useless to talk about potential #USMNT coaching candidates until a men’s GM (who will pick next coach) is hired. https://t.co/ad8upbstin— Alexi Lalas (@AlexiLalas) March 18, 2023
Patrick Vieira was sacked by Crystal Palace team management after enduring a hapless 12-match winless streak. The Selhurst Park-based outfit have not secured a win yet in 2023 and in their last fixture, they were thrashed by Premier League toppers Arsenal 4-1. Crystal Palace, with 27 points to their name, are currently placed in 12th position in the Premier League standings. Vieira was appointed as the head coach of the Eagles at the start of the 2021-22 season. He had guided Crystal Palace to a 12th-place finish in the last Premier League campaign.
Thierry Henry, on the other hand, has handled managerial duties at Monaco and Montreal Impact. The 45-year-old also had two stints as the Belgium assistant coach under Roberto Martinez. Henry departed following the conclusion of the Qatar football World Cup and the Arsenal legend has been without a job for the past three months.
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