Gutted Nacho Novo can’t believe that he has been overlooked for the job of number three to Brother Pedro.
Barry Ferguson, John Brown, Alex Rae and Jonatan Johansson have all been interviewed but the Spanish strike ace hasn’t even had a reply to his CV!
With an EBT of £1.2m Novo’s RRM credentials stand comparison with most of the competition for the post of reassuring supporters that the ethics of the old club are retained under the former Santos Laguna boss.
Novo is currently winding down his glittering career with Glentoran and hoping to earn a coaching job at Murray Park.
“I have not got an interview or anything,” he admitted to the Daily Record. “Yes, I sent in a CV but apart from that I don’t know what is happening. It is an opportunity to coach.
“The new manager is the one who is going to need to sort out everything, how they train, how they play.
“You are really just there to help the manager. I don’t have experience as a coach. I have experience of training but more with kids and that is something I enjoyed.
“I don’t want to go into details but I’m disappointed about certain things. It is all down to the manager at the end of the day and what he thinks and what he wants.
“As for Barry Ferguson, Alex Rae or whoever is interviewed and how they feel about the manager and his opinions. I don’t know because everyone is different.
“It is a big job and people like Fergie and Alex have more experience – which is understandable. My focus was to come back into the youths, that is the start I wanted.
“Obviously it has not happened. I just need to keep working and we will see what happens in the future. Just now it is something I really want to do.”
The fifth best coach in Qatar until a month ago has been in place for a fortnight now without deciding on which RRM is best suited to join his coaching team.
With none of the candidates having experienced any worthwhile success in management they should be able to fit in quickly with the revolution that started with a 4-0 hammering of Hamilton Accies.
