Temur Ketsbaia has revealed he expects to hear whether he will be the new Motherwell manager in the next few days. And he’s claimed that if he was a Spanish coach instead of a Georgian one he’d be managing a ‘very big club.’
The 56-year-old former Newcastle United and Dundee striker is a surprise contender for the vacant Fir Park hotseat after Stuart Kettlewell‘s exit and is on the shortlist. He has been out of management since a two-year spell in charge of Cyprus ended last year and has also managed his own country Georgia, AEK Athens, Olympiacos and clubs in Cyprus and Russia. And he’s revealed he should get an answer from Well imminently.
In an interview in Cyprus, Ketsbaia said: “It will soon be clear whether I will go to Scotland as manager at Motherwell. I am waiting to see what will happen. After leaving the national team of Cyprus, I said no to offers from Georgia and Greece.
“I said I would never go back to managing a team in Greece. The truth is I wasn’t given the opportunity in a major league in Europe that I believe I deserved with what we achieved in Cyprus. I think that abroad they don’t give as much importance to Cypriot football and that plays a role.
“When it comes to coaches, it matters a lot what passport you have. The Spanish and Portuguese passports are different. If I were Spanish, I could be the manager of a very big team.”
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