Who would be a manager? Well, former Liverpool and Leeds player Harry Kewell apparently.
Former Liverpool and Leeds United winger Harry Kewell has admitted that he dreams of managing at the top level, the Liverpool Echo reports.
The 38-year-old remains a Premier League cult hero for his superb performances in the early noughties for Leeds which earned him a move to Liverpool in 2003 where he lifted the Champions League two years later.
After retiring in 2014, Kewell has been preparing for a career in the dugout having spent the last two seasons coaching Watford’s academy side.
And the former Australian international has insisted that he is aiming high as he prepares to embark on a managerial career, professing his desire to one day take charge of former club Liverpool.
“I’m a big dreamer, so you might as well go to the top,” Kewell said in quotes reported by the Liverpool Echo.
“My ultimate goal? Obviously Liverpool, you look at AC Milan, the clubs I admired as I was growing up. If you want to dream big, you dream big.
“A lot of kids dream and are afraid to express what they dream about. I tell my kids to dream big. What’s the worst thing that happens? You just fail. What’s the next step under that? Fantastic.”
Being a top level football player does not necessarily equate to a successful managerial record, however, with a huge number of respected former pros struggling to make a name for themselves in their post-playing career.
And with Milan having hired and then quickly dispensed with club legends Clarence Seedorf and Filippo Inzaghi after disastrous spells in charge of the senior team, you’d think Kewell would have second thoughts about a side that appears to have little time for its managers.
Furthermore, with Liverpool going places and fast under the popular leadership of Jurgen Klopp respectively, there is little chance of Kewell making his dreams a reality any time soon.
Even Leeds, who have hired and fired five different managers since Massimo Cellino took the reins in January 2014, look unlikely to be scouring the market for a new head coach any time soon with Garry Monk reviving an ailing team and pushing them in the direction of the play-offs.
Nevertheless, given the ill feeling at the Whites at how Kewell left Elland Road on a free transfer to join Liverpool, before taking in a playing spell with Galatasaray later in his career, you could argue that it is more likely he will take up the Anfield hot seat than manager the great Yorkshire outfit.
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