adminLONDON. – There are now fewer black managers in English soccer than there were a year ago and they are finding it harder than ever to get jobs in football, according to former player Jason Roberts.
He claims there is “open resistance” from clubs to appoint black managers or those from ethnic minorities and it is time the British government acted to stop the current system.
Roberts, who scored more than 150 goals in his 18-year playing career, told BBC Radio 5 Live he agreed with Gordon Taylor, the head of the Professional Footballers Association (PFA), that more must be done to increase the number of black managers.
“We have close to 30 percent BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) players yet we went into the season with no black managers,” Roberts said. – Soccernet.
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