Former Premier League star says he might have to buy a club to have a chance at another managerial job

Former Manchester United star Dwight Yorke fears he has to buy a club in order to land himself another managerial job.

Yorke is often regarded as one of the finest strikers of his generation having played a huge part in United’s Treble winning season in 1999 under the guidance of Sir Alex Ferguson.

After leaving Old Trafford, Yorke went on to play for the likes of Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sydney FC and Sunderland.

However, despite his stellar career and CV, Yorke has found it tough to find jobs as a manager, having only been in charge of Australian side Macarthur FC in 2022.

Speaking recently to the Daily Mirror, Yorke admitted that he might have to buy a club in order to become manager again.

He said: “It’s been talked about heavily in previous years. The people that I come across in football, we’ve spoken about it.

“Forming a consortium, trying to get a football team to get the right backing from maybe black ownership, black millionaires or billionaires, so to speak, to embrace it. It’s something that’s probably worth having a conversation about again in terms of going forward.

“Because, as you know, we keep reverting back to the facts about the struggles of black managers to get into these high positions. So the only way forward, maybe, is to buy a football team.”

Yorke added: “Obviously it takes a lot of planning and a lot of due diligence in terms of your research, into what it takes and the requirements in terms of passing the Premier League, financial play and getting into that position.

“But yes, [buying a club] is something that I think that we all should look into in terms of trying to advocate for something to elevate ourselves into the football world. It's obviously a tough ask. But it's something that I’d embrace fully, if it was to happen.”

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Yorke also revealed the advice former teammate Andy Cole has told him, he said: “I recall having the conversation with my close friend Andy Cole. He said to me: ‘It’s a waste of time. You’ll never get a job in English football.’ He knows what he was talking about. But I embrace the challenge. I like to defy the odds.

“I did it as a player and I’ll do it again as a manager. I showed in Australia that I’m a proven winner, that I can win and manage at any level. But you need that opportunity.”