Former West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has backed up Harry Redknapp’s claim that Mark Noble should be West Ham manager in the future.
Noble has spent his whole career with the Hammers making 461 appearances since graduating from the club’s academy in 2000.
Former West Ham manager and player Harry Redknapp told talkSPORT that Noble should be groomed for the manager’s job in the future: “I think one day down the line, why not?”
“Mark’s a great lad, he’s been an excellent captain and he’s a leader in the dressing room. He’s the type of lad I can see one day [becoming West Ham manager].
“Why not promote from within in the future when you’ve got somebody like that? Why do you have to go and get another foreign manager?”
Ex-West Ham manager Sam Allardyce completely agrees with Redknapp.
“Absolutely right, I’m 100 per cent behind that one,” Allardyce told talkSPORT.
In today’s Claret and Hugh poll we ask whether Mark Noble has got what it takes to be a future manager of West Ham
Many very successful players have been complete and utter failures as managers. At the moment, it is no more than a prospective fairy story because there is no basis whatsoever for assuming that Mark Noble has any aptitude or skills for coaching. As far as I am aware, he hasn’t even got his badges, let alone any practical coaching experience, at any level. It would be great if he proves to have some ability in that direction but right now there is no evidence to suggest it.
In managerial terms, he could be a Brian Clough or a Gary Neville, who knows?