I’m baffled that ex-Rangers boss Michael Beale keeps getting jobs says Man Utd legend
MANCHESTER UNITED legend Dwight Yorke says “it’s unfair” Michael Beale has landed another top job at Sunderland.
Beale was axed from Ibrox in October having left QPR to take up the Rangers hotseat just 11 months earlier.
But two months on he took the reigns at the Stadium of Light following Tony Mowbray’s surprise sacking.
And Yorke can’t understand why Steven Gerrard’s former right-hand man keeps getting jobs – because the results are not “overly impressive”.
In a swipe at the Black Cats boss Yorke claimed he was being overlooked at the expense of Beale and Wayne Rooney who was recently axed at Birmingham.
Yorke was keen on the Aberdeen vacancy before Barry Robson was appointed and previously took charge of Macarthur FC in Australia.
Speaking to Footy Accumulators he said: “Was I surprised at Michael Beale’s appointment? Well, people are given chances from failed opportunities and it baffles me.
“He was an assistant at Villa, did OK. Did OK at QPR then went to Rangers and got sacked and now he’s at Sunderland.
“Here we are in the space of a year and there’s someone like him in three or four jobs! You just trying to scratch your head at how that works and based on what results.
“He seems like a decent bloke, I don’t know him but I’ve listened to him on TV, but ultimately you need to be judged on results, right?
“And if I were to judge on his results, it’s not really overly impressive but he’s got another high-profile job at Sunderland.”
Beale began with a 3-0 thumping at home to Coventry with the fans chanting for the return of ex-boss Mowbray.
An FA Cup exit to neighbours Newcastle was overshadowed by boardroom anger after a Sunderland stadium bar was redecorated in the colours of their fiercest rivals.
But Yorke reckons the boss MUST show up at the Stadium of Light because he can’t understand why other bosses are not getting a crack.
And he pitched HIMSELF in for a similar stint if the opportunity arose.
He has one trophy in the cabinet from his dugout days – the 2022 Australia Cup – but
He added: “It’s unfair when someone like me is looking to seek an opportunity into football and you’re not getting the rub of the green in that sense.
“He’s been given another opportunity to prove himself so we will just have to wait and see.
“I just find it crazy that he’s got into the situation of going to QPR, Rangers and then Sunderland and a bit like Wayne Rooney, these people seem to be getting all of these chances and I don’t get how it works.”