Yesterday's FA Cup tie at Goodison Park saw two of Britain's brightest managers pitted against each other as David Moyes' Everton claimed a 3-1 win over Martin O'Neill's Aston Villa.Both bosses have lifted their respective clubs from relegation candidates to European contenders, and Phil Neville reckons they deserve to be considered for the biggest jobs in the game.
“David Moyes and Martin O’Neill suffer because there’s a lot of ignorance in English football. It’s ignorant that when the big jobs come along, they don’t get mentioned,” he told the News of the World.
“At any club you’re looking for success, continuity and a manager who’s done it over a number of years. They both come into that category. It’s an insult that so many clubs continue to look abroad. It must frustrate a lot of home managers.
“It’s silly. I can’t understand why people can’t see how much better managers such as Moyes and O’Neill would be if they’d had the millions to spend.”
Neville pointed to the recent events at Stamford Bridge to demonstrate why it is not always beneficial to bring in big names from overseas.
He said, “Chairmen think the grass is always greener abroad. You’ve seen that with Luiz Felipe Scolari at Chelsea. He’s a fantastic manager at international level but the Premier League is a different kettle of fish.
“Why go to South America and pick someone who’s done well for a national side but not got a clue what the Premier League is like? Going to Everton on a Wednesday night? They’ve no experience of that. At least our managers have experience of that.”
The former Manchester United man even went on to suggest that O'Neill, whose Villa outfit are poised to snare a Champions League place, would be a worthy successor to Sir Alex Ferguson.
Neville said, “It is no coincidence wherever O’Neill has been, he’s had success. United could do a lot worse than look at O’Neill when they need a manager. They’d know what they were getting. Why not?
“O’Neill knows how to win a trophy and knows how to get the best out of a team. He’s been in the Champions League as well.
“I’m absolutely flabbergasted these managers don’t get linked with those [big] clubs more often.”
Resource: Goal.com
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