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Sol Campbell has turned his back on football management and says he is no longer applying for jobs.<\/p>\n
The former Arsenal and Tottenham defender has tried to forge a career in the dugout and had spells at crisis clubs Macclesfield and Southend between 2018 and 2020.<\/p>\n
He has not been able to find a job since and has spoken out in the past about his frustration at the lack of opportunities.<\/p>\n
And the 49-year-old has revealed he is no longer chasing managerial roles.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, it is about getting opportunities to fail,\u201d he told the PA news agency at Web Summit in Lisbon.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of my peers have had jobs and it\u2019s not worked out and then they have had opportunities again straight away, they\u2019ve always had a lifeline.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is a nice position to be in. I am not in that position, I would love to be, but those situations are not coming to me. I would love to be involved in football and have chances, but that is not happening.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to look at football in a different way and that is what I am going to start doing and hopefully it will work out and I will be able to help players, just in a different way.<\/p>\n
I want to be in football in a meaningful way. It won’t be on the sideline. I am not applying any more for jobs<\/p>\n
\u201cI love coaching, so I am going to go back into football in a meaningful way. I have had to go away, studied at Harvard. I want to be in football in a meaningful way. It won\u2019t be on the sideline.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not applying any more for jobs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m happy to be in a different space now and one I want to be in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Burnley\u2019s Vincent Kompany is the only black manager in the Premier League and Campbell believes the bosses at the top clubs in the country should be doing more to diversify their backroom staff.<\/p>\n
\u201cFootball needs that diversity in terms of management, but for me it seems to have gone backwards in some cases.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to understand not everyone is going to make it to be an amazing manager, but you have to get the opportunity or a chance to prove yourself right or even show you can do the job.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSometimes you get to the stage where you can\u2019t fail. Sometimes you have to fail to suceed, but if you don\u2019t get that opportunity how can you succeed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a few managers who are slowly having diversity in the backroom staff, that can help.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of the top managers know if they could diversify their coaching staff it would help. That is a start.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are the ones in a strong position, where they have won things and are at great clubs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that is how people should start thinking, that is an easy way to kind of get experience and get through the door. Some of the top, top managers have to look at their coaching staff and mix it up a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n