John Barnes

ex-player or black manager make a good good manager is in itself and i'll explain why a a racist question and i'll tell you why because it presupposes it presupposes the question itself can a black man make a good manager presupposes that there's a slight possibility that you can't be a good manager because of the color of your skin is that a possibility if it's not a possibility it's a stupid question but because people have that perception it's the same when women come into football

Listen, if you go to a doctor and you're going to have a heart transplant, and one doctor is Jamie Carragher, and the doctor is Gareth Southgate, and you go to Jamie and he goes, Gareth Southgate, oh, come on in.

Who do you have more faith in?

No, no, no, no, no.

One second.

No, no, no, no, no.

I'm being serious.

I'm not talking about the people.

I'm talking about the accents.

And he'd run cash for the outcome.

So therefore, we do have a perception of North-South divide.

So we have a perception of someone based on how we've been conditioned to think about them.

And unfortunately, from a black perspective, we are conditioned to think that what we are are entertainers.

We can sing, we can dance, we can play, we can do sports.

Because I remember when I was young growing up, right?

You will know this.

When we were young growing up, you never had any black goalkeepers, black defenders, central defenders.

Vivos were the first one.

Black central midfield players who were like strong.

It was all about, listen, you're quick, you're skillful.