Can’t see Mick leaving for a club like Villa? Think again.
Those who think that Mick McCarthy wouldn’t want to leave Ipswich to join a club like Aston Villa because they are in “free fall” are missing one key point. If he were to join them at the end of the season he would be getting a better salary, and even more importantly, be given a huge (by Championship standards) transfer budget to spend over the summer to build a squad capable of an instant return to the Premier League. This alone would be enough to sway him in my opinion.
And do you know what, I wouldn’t blame him if he was offered the job and took it. Imagine how he must be feeling having seen millions come in from selling players over the last couple of seasons and only being able to spend pennies. At the age of 57, he’s probably at the point where he’s only got one more promotion to the Premier League in him if he’s given the right resources, and Villa could well do it next year. Yes they look like a team that will drop even lower down the divisions, but Mick would get that team into shape even as it stands in no time at all.
So in short, if Mick goes anytime soon as far as I’m concerned it’s not because Town need a change, it’s because somewhere else he will be supported the way a manager should be.
(Almost every week I wonder whether Marcus Evans really wants to see this club ever return to the Premiership…)
