\u00a0<\/a>Gary Megson<\/p>\n“I was only 34 at the time. It would have been a massive, massive risk to appoint someone of that age.<\/p>\n
“Milan said at the time that he had wished he’d met me six months earlier, but they went for the experienced man in the end.<\/p>\n
“I had targeted being a manager by the age of 38, but I knew after those meetings with Milan that I was ready,” he added.<\/p>\n
“There was some disappointment that I didn’t get the Leicester job, but with hindsight maybe it was a good thing.<\/p>\n
“I spoke with Jose about it at the time. We sat for about an hour one afternoon.<\/p>\n
“He told me how when he was at\u00a0Barcelona\u00a0working under Louis van Gaal, he had the chance to go and be Graeme Souness’\u00a0 No. 2 at Benfica but van Gaal said he could only leave to be a No. 1.<\/p>\n
“I am not comparing my path with Jose’s or anything like that, but he said to me that I should go to be a No. 1 too.<\/p>\n
“I know some managers in that situation who wouldn’t want their staff to go, or who would feel it was disloyal if they wanted to go.<\/p>\n
“But it was the complete opposite with Jose. He knew I wanted to go and be a manager.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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