4 young and exciting coaches Charlton Athletic should have on their radar
The are looking for a new boss following the sacking of Dean Holden over a week ago
Charlton Athletic fired manager Dean Holden more than a week ago after four straight League One defeats, and they are still looking for a replacement.
Following a 2-1 loss to Oxford United on August 26, the Addicks’ new ownership group SE7 Partners, fronted by ex-Sunderland chief Charlie Methven and comprised of a number of US-based investors, decided to cut ways with Holden.
In their search for his replacement, Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson turned down the opportunity to speak with the London club, while Mumbai City rejected an approach for manager Des Buckingham, with the Indian Super League club part of the City Group, which also includes Premier League champions Man City.
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Wild was always going to be headhunted at the Shaymen, and Barrow took him in May 2022, and the Bluebirds were in the top seven mix in League Two for the first part of last season.
Barrow have begun brightly in 2023-24 and presently sit fourth in the fourth division of English football, with Fleetwood Town putting up an offer for the 39-year-old, according to Football Insider.
There’s no reason why Charlton shouldn’t be looking at Wild as well, albeit he might not want to leave his Northern roots.
t the Charlton management is looking for a younger figure to lead the club ahead – so let’s have a look at that.
It’s difficult to overlook what Wild has accomplished in his management career, whether at Oldham Athletic, FC Halifax Town, or now Barrow.
Starting as an academy manager with the Latics, Wild was given the opportunity to be Oldham’s full-time manager in 2019 after an earlier outstanding caretaker tenure, however due to personal issues, he didn’t last long and instead moved to non-league Halifax.
Ramsay has no senior management
The likes of Kieran McKenna have come through the Red Devils system to become very effective managers, and there’s no reason why Ramsay can’t follow in the footsteps of the Northern Irishman – after all, Erik Ten Hag is a great fan of him, which should speak loudly.
experience, but he is a well-known coach in the game.
He was a member of Swansea City’s under-18s from 2013 to 2016, becoming head coach in 2015 at the age of 23, before moving on to work with Shrewsbury Town and Chelsea’s under-23s.
However, since 2021, the 31-year-old has been a member of the first-team coaching staff at Old Trafford and has been connected to current vacancies at Barnsley and Blackpool.
If Charlton wants to explore farther down the footballing pecking order, Garrard is a manager who might be worth a shot in the EFL.
Garrard, a former lower league footballer, has been manager of Boreham Wood since 2015 and has led the Hertfordshire club to a National League play-off final, as well as reaching the last 16 of the FA Cup in the 2021-22 season.
They’ve made the play-offs three times under Garrard, and he’s overachieved many times without winning promotion – at 37 and a Londoner, he could be a great fit at The Valley, but given the ruthless nature of League One football, he wouldn’t get much time to adjust.
Cuesta has outstanding pedigree – even at the age of 28 – if Charlton want to be extremely risky and go for a total rookie.
Cuesta was brought to Arsenal in 2020 by Mikel Arteta after working as an assistant youth coach at both Atletico Madrid and Juventus. He has been a first-team coach at a young age for the last three years.
Learning under Arteta will undoubtedly have prepared Cuesta for his own run as a manager at some point, and even if he hasn’t yet turned 30, the Spaniard may be worth the risk.
