PEARCE: NO TO WEST HAM AND ANYONE ELSE
Stuart Pearce has no interest in managing West Ham, or any other Premier League club, for the moment and has taken a swipe at owners wanting instant success.
The England Under-21 head coach believes there is too little job security at club level in the current climate.
Following Alan Curbishley's resignation from West Ham on Wednesday over disagreements about the club's transfer policy, the 46-year-old former Hammer has been linked to the club.
But Pearce, whose contract with the U-21s finishes in the summer after the European Championships, said: "I manage this team and am very proud to do so.
"I will not be stepping down from this job because I love the job I do. I said to the FA bosses when I took the job that I would honour my contract.
"My players have got to know that Stuart Pearce is their manager come hell or high water till next summer, all being well."
The former Manchester City manager blasted club owners who opt for foreign managers over Englishmen.
He added: "There are a lot of fantastic English managers about and I think we knock what we've got under our own noses.
"I look at managers that I hold in high esteem and one minute they can be the most chased after people and the next minute they are out of work and unemployable.
"I find that quite sad. There has to be an open relationship between owners and managers where you sit down together as a group.
"You need to say 'What are the financial constraints we're working under as a football club? What sort of players do you need bringing in? And what ones do you need to get out?'"
Stuart Pearce has no interest in managing West Ham, or any other Premier League club, for the moment and has taken a swipe at owners wanting instant success.
The England Under-21 head coach believes there is too little job security at club level in the current climate.
Following Alan Curbishley's resignation from West Ham on Wednesday over disagreements about the club's transfer policy, the 46-year-old former Hammer has been linked to the club.
But Pearce, whose contract with the U-21s finishes in the summer after the European Championships, said: "I manage this team and am very proud to do so.
"I will not be stepping down from this job because I love the job I do. I said to the FA bosses when I took the job that I would honour my contract.
"My players have got to know that Stuart Pearce is their manager come hell or high water till next summer, all being well."
The former Manchester City manager blasted club owners who opt for foreign managers over Englishmen.
He added: "There are a lot of fantastic English managers about and I think we knock what we've got under our own noses.
"I look at managers that I hold in high esteem and one minute they can be the most chased after people and the next minute they are out of work and unemployable.
"I find that quite sad. There has to be an open relationship between owners and managers where you sit down together as a group.
"You need to say 'What are the financial constraints we're working under as a football club? What sort of players do you need bringing in? And what ones do you need to get out?'"
Labels: England Under-21s, Premier League, Stuart Pearce, West Ham United
