Famous Ukrainian coach Vyacheslav Grozny explained why there is speculation about the age of coaches in domestic football.
- "Some managers and agents lobby for their interests and tell you at what age you should coach. If you tell Mircea Lucescu, who is much older than me (Grozny is currently 67 - ed.), that he won't coach at 78, he will laugh and that's it.
Yes, there is a young Julian Nagelsmann who coaches the German national team. What does this say? That it makes no difference how old a person is. Neither nationality nor age should affect whether you can coach, whether your players grow up, whether your team plays modern football. It is not the agents who should adjust. This is nonsense that I do not accept.
There are young and quite talented professionals, but they are few. Why? Because they need to gain experience.
I live in a different system. I don't like hype, I'm a serious enough person.
I have heard the question that we need foreign coaches. Lobanovskyi worked better than any foreigner in Ukraine. Bazylevych did a great job, Prokopenko and others. "For some reason, Dnipro reached the Europa League final under Myron Markevych, not Juande Ramos.
Are those who preach these ideas better versed in football? It's funny to me, just funny.
People asked me why I don't work as a sporting director. I like to coach. Yes, now I give lectures, communicate with colleagues. I love football. But I will return to work and coach.
Yevhen Chepur