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.. Micky eyes England job! (31/08/03)


It may be a while down the road yet but Micky has revealed in an interview with the Mirror that he would love to be England coach one day.

Here's what he has to say on not having any money to spend, how we'll fight to the end, why Shearer is great and what the future may hold for him...

From the Sunday Mirror:

MICKY ADAMS insists he has not spent a penny in his quest to keep Leicester in the Premiership.

Adams signed 11 new players in the summer, but he denies claims that he spent £500,000 in the process.

And the Leicester boss believes keeping the Foxes up would be a greater achievement than Chelsea winning the title after spending £100million.

"I haven't spent any money," said Adams. "A lot of the deals have been done on a deferred payment basis and if we stay up we have to pay out some money.

"When I was first told the amount of money I was getting I said, 'No chance, we might as well all go home now.' Believe it or not I signed my new contract before we had even discussed what money I would be getting to strengthen the squad. It was stupid really, wasn't it?

"It was always going to be difficult. But money has always been tight at clubs I've been at and I know what I have - or don't have."

But Adams has a habit of performing miracles and he believes the current financial restraints in the game have enabled Leicester to broker deals that give them a fighting chance to survive.

"As you start doing the deals you realise there are players out there who want to prove a point," he added. "There are some inventive deals to be done because of the financial problems. Wage demands have dropped and we found ourselves in a position to say, 'Take it or leave it.'

"And if I keep this club up it will be a bigger achievement than Chelsea winning the title - there is no comparison."

Adams will never lose his penchant for straight talk. "If I think a player's useless I'll tell them," he said. "I don't buy this rubbish that we are in the Premier League and I can't tell them what I think of them. If I have something to say to a player I'll hit them straight between the eyes with it. If any player thinks he's too good for this club I'll ask them why they are at Leicester - surely they would be somewhere else if they were any good?"

But Adams is not complaining about the way his players have gone about the job so far, despite yesterday's defeat at Aston Villa. He added: "Let's be honest, most people said we were only here to make up the numbers anyway. We still might go down - but if we do we will go down fighting, kicking and screaming.

"But the spirit in the camp is right at the moment. They know they will have to work hard."

In an ideal world, if Adams did have money to spend he would most like to see Alan Shearer wearing a Leicester shirt. He said: "He's a leader, a man's man and he commands respect. I was at Southampton with him and you could see he was going to be the best even back then."

So where does Adams go from here? England perhaps? He says: "I've never really thought about being England manager. But my first love is coaching - of course I'd love to coach England one day.

"It's man-management and organisation, and I like that side of the job."

 

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