Taylor keen to play part in Keegan revolution

[Scottish Mag 3]

FORMER England manager Peter Taylor is being lined up for a coaching position with Newcastle United.

 

The four-times capped former Spurs winger met United director of football Dennis Wise in a hotel in Waltham Abbey yesterday.

 

And while there was no word from St James’s Park today, it is expected that Taylor whose, last job was manager of Stevenage, will be heading to the North East.

 

There is talk that it could be a director of the Academy, a position currently held by former Barnsley full-back and Consett-born Joe Joyce.

 

On the coaching front, Steve Round, who like Taylor has been with England, sees his contract expire at the end of next month, and he has not heard from United’s top brass whether is going to be renewed or not.

 

The Southend-born Taylor has a wealth of football experience, and when Kevin Keegan resigned the England job in 2000, he was the one the FA turned to in a caretaker capacity for one match against Italy.

 

But Taylor is perhaps best known for his two spells as the England Under-21 manager, when he brought several young players through.

 

Meanwhile, Keegan himself is still around, even though his players have dispersed either to represent their countries of chasing the sun.

 

And Keegan will represent his country again tonight when he makes a cameo appearance for the England legends against Scotland at Southampton in a game in memory of Alan Ball.

[Papa Lazaru 0]

I'm just waiting to see which paper will be the first to say Keegan didn't know about or doesn't want Taylor and that its war at NUFC again and everyone hates each other etc. etc. fill in your own bullshit!

[Jusoda Kid 1]

Keegan wants to fucking cripple Souness if he gets the chance, 'thats for Boumsong you cunt'

[luckyluke 2]

Keegan wants to fucking cripple Souness if he gets the chance, 'thats for Boumsong you cunt'

 

And Babayaro. And Emre.

[AmericanMag 0]

Keegan wants to fucking cripple Souness if he gets the chance, 'thats for Boumsong you cunt'

 

 

I thought Souness was managing the Scotland team. The idea of him tackling Souness on the sideline brings a smile to my face.

[TheMoog 0]

I always thought Taylor was a good manager until his stint at Leicester let him down. That said I don't know the full ins and outs of his time with them so I guess there could be more to it, he certainly seems to do well enough wherever else he's been from what I've seen. Maybe a youth coaching role for him here would be good for us in the long run with future players.

[Jusoda Kid 1]

Should have a canny knowledge of the lower divisions as well I would imagine

[ewerk 31596]

Should have a canny knowledge of the lower divisions as well I would imagine

 

Aye he has an eye for talent alright, anyone remember Ade Akinbyi?

[Jusoda Kid 1]

Should have a canny knowledge of the lower divisions as well I would imagine

 

Aye he has an eye for talent alright, anyone remember Ade Akinbyi?

 

 

Aye, banged them in in the PL didn't he?

[Holden McGroin 6938]

He is a good coach. Poor manager though.

 

Always rated him despite his fuck up at Leicester.

[ewerk 31596]

Should have a canny knowledge of the lower divisions as well I would imagine

 

Aye he has an eye for talent alright, anyone remember Ade Akinbyi?

 

 

Aye, banged them in in the PL didn't he?

 

 

The black Ameobi.

Edited May 15, 2008 by ewerk

[Guest alex]

I always thought Taylor was a good manager until his stint at Leicester let him down. That said I don't know the full ins and outs of his time with them so I guess there could be more to it, he certainly seems to do well enough wherever else he's been from what I've seen. Maybe a youth coaching role for him here would be good for us in the long run with future players.

He bought a load of shit players for a start.

[Scottish Mag 3]

Peter Taylor is being lined up as the next director of Newcastle United's academy. The former England caretaker manager and Under-21 coach, who left Stevenage Borough two weeks ago, had a meeting with Dennis Wise, the club's executive director (football), at a hotel in Waltham Abbey to discuss the possibility on Wednesday and is tempted by the potential challenge.

 

"Dennis rang me for a general chat a couple of weeks ago and then we had a cup of coffee and another talk yesterday," said Taylor, who briefly served as Wise's manager at Leicester City, last night. It is understood Taylor is one of four candidates being considered by Newcastle to oversee the academy but he is by some distance the most experienced and high-profile.

 

Although youth development is part of Wises's rather than Kevin Keegan's remit at the club, Taylor enjoys a good relationship with the one-time England coach and could conceivably help improve recently strained relations between Newcastle's manager and executive director.

 

With Newcastle's wages as percentage of turnover ratio approaching an unhealthy 80% - the consensus is that 50% is about right - Mike Ashley, the owner, and Chris Mort, the chairman, are anxious to develop the club's youth system. Producing young players is a field in which Taylor, 55, excels and it is also felt that his impressive reputation could persaude parents to send their sons to Newcastle's academy rather than a rival club.

 

However Taylor, widely acclaimed as an outstanding coach and almost universally liked by his former England Under-21 players, would also be working with youngsters from around the world as Wise and his scouting team aim to emulate Arsenal's example and are currently scouring the globe for bright but as yet unheralded young talent for Newcastle's staff to polish.

 

Should Taylor accept an offer from Newcastle - and, attractive as Wise's blueprint undoubtedly is, he could yet be tempted by the possibility of a return to frontline management - it remains to be seen if Joe Joyce, Newcastle's current academy manager, will stay at the club.

 

Joyce succeeded Glenn Roeder in the role when the latter was promoted to first-team manager following Graeme Souness's sacking and it appears Ashley is interested in having another well known name heading up his youth development programme. Similarly the future of Steve Round, Keegan's out-of-contract first-team coach, is still uncertain; the former Middlesbrough assistant manager is waiting to hear if he will be offered a new deal.

 

Meanwhile Charles N'Zogbia, Newcastle's France Under-21 midfielder, has denied that he is desperate to leave the club. "I am happy at Newcastle and I always have been but like the other Newcastle players I will be looking at who the club signs this summer," said N'Zogbia, who insists that reports of him having a scuffle with his team-mate Abdoulaye Faye over their respective salaries are "untrue". N'Zogbia, who has been linked with a summer move to Spurs, added: "Apart from being my friend, Abdoulaye is a little bit bigger than me."

 

Yet despite this unexpected pledge of loyalty, the left-sided Frenchman may not be on Tyneside come August. Indeed, with Keegan's summer transfer kitty reported to be a relatively modest £20m, the manager, who hopes to recruit some established Premier League luminaries, could be tempted to wheel and deal and the talented N'Zogbia could well leave St James' if Newcastle receive an enticing bid.

[Scottish Mag 3]

PETER Taylor has admitted he would relish the chance to join Newcastle United’s coaching staff, but neither he nor the club are in any rush to make a quick decision over his appointment.

 

The well-regarded former England Under-21s manager met with United’s executive director (football) Dennis Wise last week to talk over the possibility of joining Newcastle, and although those talks progressed well he doesn’t anticipate an appointment in the near future. Taylor has not met with Wise since last week’s talks but he has confirmed for the first time that he is keen on joining Newcastle. The Journal understands, however, the situation could be complicated if he is offered a management role at a football league club – and sources in the West Midlands have indicated he met Walsall chairman Jeff Bonser to discuss possibly taking over at the League One club.

 

Taylor will not be drawn on the position that he has discussed with Wise, but the role of academy director would suit a coach who is well-regarded for the work he did in charge of England’s Under-21s side.

 

There is uncertainty over the position of another of United’s backroom staff – coach Steve Round – whose contract runs out at the end of the season. If former England coach Round did depart St James’s Park that would be another vacancy that Taylor would be well-qualified to fill. But while there is still a degree of uncertainty over the precise remit that Taylor would be handed, the 55-year-old has opened the door for the club to bring him in by admitting he would like to work with Kevin Keegan again – after working with him in the England set-up. “It’s a very good football club and anyone would be interested in working for a club like Newcastle. It is a big football club with a very high profile,” he said.

 

“There’s been no further discussions since we talked last week but at this stage I wouldn’t necessarily expect there to be. As far as I’m concerned there is no time-frame that has been set aside for a decision to be made, and I’m not expecting

 

anything to be said soon.” Taylor has been out of work since he resigned from his position as manager of Stevenage Borough at the end of April after failing to guide them to a play-off place in the Conference.

 

He had dropped into non-league football after an unsuccessful stint at Crystal Palace.

 

He is best known for his work with the England under-21 team, who he managed with great success while Keegan was in charge of the senior team. He was so well-regarded at Soho Square that when Keegan resigned after England’s disastrous start to World Cup 2002 qualification, it was to Taylor that the Football Association turned to take temporary charge of the team.

 

And while it is Wise who appears to be leading the negotiations it is not an appointment the Newcastle manager would oppose.

 

For his part, Taylor sounds enthused at the prospect of joining a coaching hierarchy that is being reshuffled with more of an emphasis on bringing players through their youth system. The board are understood to be keen for United to rival the kind of worldwide scouting network that Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea enjoy, and appointing Taylor to spearhead that would be a major coup.

 

“As I said, I had a cup of coffee with Dennis (Wise) last week and it was a good conversation, and it was interesting to hear what he had to say and hopefully for him to hear what I had to say,” said Taylor. “I have not discussed what the contents of that conversation were or what the job would entail but of course it is an interesting opportunity if something does happen.”