new number 2 - Martinez?

[zandvoort blue]

Patrick Vieira will be the manager of NYCFC in 2015.

 

[BlakeTheBlue]

Patrick Vieira will be the manager of NYCFC in 2015.

I sincerely hope not mate. Pat needs to be looking after our kids for many years to come imo.

 

[BluessinceHydeRoad]

Really don't see a young, promising manager like Martinez settling for being a number 2 at this stage in his career. That said, would welcome him at City.

I don't think it will happen, but I don't think it would be a bad move at all for martinez.

What if Martinez had kept Wigan up? Then he would have stayed there right? And then maybe kept them up or even got to lower mid-table for a year or two before leaving ....to join an upper mid-table club looking to break into the top 6.
According to my Spanish friends, Pellegrini will probably stay at City 2-3 years or so, at which time he wants to follow his dream of taking over the Chilean National team job.
So if Roberto Martinez joins City as Pellegrini's number 2 and plays his cards right, he will be Boss at one of the World Football's top Club Teams in 2-3 years time.
I think that could be a tempting proposition!

I think you make a very good point here. The outlook for young managers in the PL is pretty bleak because the top four, and thus the CL, seem a closed shop open to managers from abroad, and that not very often. Moyes is the exception, but most managers in the PL are doomed to a career of making teams "competitive" on a shoestring. Being number 2 at City doesn't look like a demotion from that perspective, especially if he could be number 1 in 3 years time.

 

[blue guitar]

Deal now done with Everton...compensation agreed with Wigan.

 

[Chancy Termites]

If he was guaranteed the manager's job after x years, he'd take it wouldn't he??

 

[akcity]

i'd take that, but would he? unless he's promised the top job anytime soon.

In 2 years when MP leaves?

I can understand why some would question it but it does make a lot of sense for him to take a number 2 role at a top club.

 

[Ducado]

Since Everton have agreed compensation with Wigan, I don't think there is anything left to discuss on this, it was always a bit fanciful anyway