Macclesfield Town manager Paul Ince has hit out at Premiership
chairmen for failing to appoint a black English manager in the
top-flight.
Ince, who claimed the December Manager of the Month award for his
exceptional work with The Silkmen, believes ageing supremos are
leading to backwards thinking.
The former Manchester United star became the first black player to
captain England during his playing days and now hopes the influx of
foreign investment could help bring the English in line with other
countries.
"Maybe the problem is that many chairmen are in the 65 age bracket
and it's a generational thing," explained Ince.
"Maybe we'll have more chance with the number of foreign investors
who are buying clubs and who don't see colour as a major issue.
Hopefully I can change things.
"If I keep performing the way I've started doing at Macclesfield,
then in another four or five years' time they'll have no choice but
to say 'yes'.
"It's crazy that we should even be having this debate in the 21st
century. Other countries have moved on, but we still seem to have
our heads stuck in the sand.
"Macclesfield's owners are from Iraq and they didn't see colour as
an issue. They just want this club to stay in League Two."