Jamie Carragher on why he chose not to become a manager

Jamie Carragher has spoken about why he opted to avoid a career in football management after witnessing the effect it had on two of his former bosses.

The 41-year-old accepted a position as a Sky Sports pundit after retiring from playing in 2013, and has been a firm favourite among viewers ever since.

And the former Red, who made over 700 appearances for Liverpool, recently revealed why being a manager wasn’t on the cards for him when he called time on his playing career.

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CARDIFF – MARCH 2, 2003: Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier celebrates winning the Worthington Cup during the Worthington Cup Final between Liverpool and Manchester United held on March 2, 2003 at the Millennium Stadium, in Cardiff, Wales. Liverpool won the match and final 2-0. (Photo By Phil Cole/Getty Images)

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“The two biggest managers for me in my career were Gerard Houllier for six years and Rafa Benitez for six years,” Carragher said.

“So for 12 years of my career there were those two managers, the two biggest influences on me, love them, great respect for them, but I always say the man who came into Liverpool, who I was so impressed with, was not the man who left.

“The job had killed them, it had broken them, they were different men, paranoid at the end, doing strange decisions.

“Things they would come with in the press, you were sat at home thinking ‘Oh my God, no’.”

Carragher added: “I think a lot of managers become bitter, and then they get the love for the game, they go back into being a manager, have a year or two out, but towards the end when things aren’t going well you just see a bitterness.

“I was a very intense player, and football can take you to places but it can also take you to dark places.”

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