Steve Bruce, 63, ready to make return to management after ill-fated Newcastle and West Brom spells
STEVE BRUCE wants a return to club management two years after his departure from West Brom.
Bruce, 63, isn’t daunted by all the latest managerial exits, as well as those that will soon follow, and insists he is still “itching to get back” at the helm of what would be his 12th team in charge.
Writing exclusively for SunSport, the Manchester United legend and former Premier League boss explains why he still has the managerial bug:
I WOULD love to be involved with a club again on the management side.
This has been my longest break from the game in 46 years after leaving West Brom in October 2022.
You’d think the precarious nature of being a football manager might put me off in a week which has seen Mauricio Pochettino surprisingly leave Chelsea.
I saw a crazy fact that there were more Premier League manager departures 48 hours after the end of the league season last Sunday (four) than there were in the whole of the Prem campaign (three).
It sums up football management.
So why would I still want to be itching to get back on the training pitch and working with players?
It’s something inbuilt in me — that adrenaline rush every time Saturday comes round.
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I am hugely proud to have managed over 1,000 games at 12 clubs.
Only five managers since the start of the Premier League in 1992 have taken charge of more matches.
I would hope to think an owner or CEO would see my experience as key in terms of being part of a management team or at the coal face itself.
Steve Bruce's managerial career
Here's all the teams Steve Bruce has managed throughout his career:
- Sheffield United (1998-1999)
- Huddersfield (1999-2000)
- Wigan (2001)
- Crystal Palace (2001)
- Birmingham City (2001-2007)
- Wigan (2007-2009)
- Sunderland (2009-2011)
- Hull City (2012-2016)
- Aston Villa (2016-2018)
- Sheffield Wednesday (2019)
- Newcastle (2019-2021)
- West Brom (2022)