Harry Redknapp used Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta as examples that you should give managers time after Frank Lampard’s sacking on Monday.
Chelsea ruthlessly sacked Lampard yesterday and Redknapp told talkSPORT that ‘more faith’ should be put in those in the dugout.
Liverpool are currently sitting fourth in the Premier League table and are going through a difficult spell under Klopp – but they are the champions, so the German has a lot to fall back on, regardless of what happens.
Arsenal, on the other hand, are sitting in the bottom half of the table and there have been many calls for Arteta to be given the chop.
Redknapp shared that the likes of Arteta and Klopp are examples that managers go through bad periods and Lampard is no different.
“Everybody goes through bad spells,” said Redknapp. “Klopp’s going through one, at the moment.
“Arteta been through it and still hasn’t quite come out of it. People need time.
“You lose four or five games, it doesn’t suddenly make you a bad manager. Surely you have to have more faith in a manager rather than having that knee-jerk reaction in just a few games?”
Many Arsenal fans will be asking the question as to why Arteta is still in a job if Lampard has been given the chop considering they are two points above their London rivals.
If Arsenal’s current form continues then, just like Lampard, Arteta might just be collecting his P45 before the season is out.
But then again, if the man who replaces Lampard struggles at Stamford Bridge then it’s perhaps a sign that sacking a manager isn’t the answer to a team’s poor form.
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