Former Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba 'sad' to see sacking of Owen Coyle but says 'bigger picture' demanded it
Devastated: Fabrice Muamba is sad to
see Owen Coyle leave Bolton after all he did for the player after his
cardiac arrest last season
Fabrice Muamba said last night that the sacking of Owen Coyle by Bolton
Wanderers had been forced by results. Coyle left the Reebok Stadium on
Tuesday with his club joint fourth-bottom of the Championship, separated
from the places that would lead to a second successive relegation by only
three points.
“Football is a game where you have to perform otherwise you are out of the
team,” said Muamba. “We weren’t performing to the standard we would have
hoped, so the club decided to part company with Owen, which is sad, but at
the same time you have to look at the bigger picture there.
“Bolton
want to get promoted, they want to get back in the Premier League, and
hopefully we can get there. Hopefully someone will come in with that
experience and bring the good times back to the Reebok.”
The Trotters have won only five games of the 21 since Muamba’s on-pitch
collapse from cardiac-arrest syndrome in the abandoned FA Cup match at White
Hart Lane in March.
Coyle was an even-handed presence outside the London Chest Hospital, where he
spent much time during the player’s early convalescence. Yet the pair have
since had little to do with each other. “I haven’t spoken to Owen at all,”
said Muamba. “I’ve seen him about three times since I’ve been in that
hospital but we had a conversation about everything. He was doing his part
as a manager and as a father figure in the changing room
“You always want to make sure your son is looked after and he did that ever so
well and I’m grateful for it.”
Muamba admits he now finds it hard to watch football and has been at the Reebok only three times this season, filling his Saturdays by taking his three-year-old son, Joshua, to the swimming pool and watching Sky’s Soccer Saturday coverage.
Having retired from playing due to his heart difficulties, he will work as an ambassador for Bolton next season. Fifa is also expected to invite him to work as an ambassador for its medical programmes – Muamba received a request from the world governing body this week to attend a meeting at Fifa House in Zurich.
“I like this kind of side of it, making decisions,” he said. “Funnily enough I have a meeting with Sepp Blatter this time next week. Hopefully he can get a job for me.
“I’ve been told he’s invited me to Zurich and hopefully we can sort something out. I don’t know [what], I have to go and see what happens.”
Source : Telegraph
Muamba admits he now finds it hard to watch football and has been at the Reebok only three times this season, filling his Saturdays by taking his three-year-old son, Joshua, to the swimming pool and watching Sky’s Soccer Saturday coverage.
Having retired from playing due to his heart difficulties, he will work as an ambassador for Bolton next season. Fifa is also expected to invite him to work as an ambassador for its medical programmes – Muamba received a request from the world governing body this week to attend a meeting at Fifa House in Zurich.
“I like this kind of side of it, making decisions,” he said. “Funnily enough I have a meeting with Sepp Blatter this time next week. Hopefully he can get a job for me.
“I’ve been told he’s invited me to Zurich and hopefully we can sort something out. I don’t know [what], I have to go and see what happens.”
Source : Telegraph
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