Patrick Vieira might rival former Arsenal (opens in new tab) teammate Thierry Henry for the vacant USA males’s nationwide staff head coach job, having being sacked by Crystal Palace (opens in new tab) on Friday.
Palace relieved Vieira of his duties forward of Sunday’s journey to Arsenal, after a run of 11 Premier League video games and not using a win which has seen the Eagles dragged into the extreme top-flight relegation scrap.
And the Frenchman has already been touted for a brand new position, with USA icon Alexi Lalas earmarking him as a possible candidate to handle the USMNT.
Requested by a Twitter consumer for his ideas on Vieira probably taking the job, Lalas replied (opens in new tab): “I feel Patrick Vieira is value a chat.”
The USMNT place has been unfilled since Gregg Berhalter’s contract expired on the finish of final yr.
ESPN (opens in new tab) reported on Thursday that Henry is eager on the position, having just lately rejected the chance to take cost of the France girls’s nationwide staff.
Henry has beforehand managed Monaco and MLS outfit Montreal Affect, in between two stints as Belgium assistant coach.
As for Vieira, previous to his 18 months as Palace supervisor, he had stints in command of MLS’ New York Metropolis, Good, and Manchester Metropolis (opens in new tab)‘s Elite Improvement Squad.
