PAUL INCE has called for a transfer window for managers after Graham Potter and Brendan Rodgers were sacked last week.
The Reading boss hit out at both Chelsea and Leicester City for not supporting their former managers and said coaches need similar protection to players when it comes to being hired and fired.
Graham Potter was sacked as Chelsea boss on SundayRex
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Ince, 55, wants clubs to only be able to make changes at the top during certain windows, just as they are only allowed to sign players during the summer or January.
The Manchester United great said: “I have always had this thing that players get protected, but there is no protection for managers.
“There should be more protection for managers and they should only be allowed to be sacked and brought in at certain times, like the transfer window for players.
“It’s not just about the individual managing the club, it’s also about moving your family around, finding schools, nurseries, and then you can just lose your job in seven months.
“I get that it is part of being a manager, but there has to be more protection.”
Ince also criticised Chelsea owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali for putting Potter in a difficult situation, with huge changes behind the scenes and a bloated squad.
Speaking to Sportingpost.com, he added: “To think about managing 28 or 30 players is almost impossible, let alone 25 superstars!
“You can’t possibly keep all the players happy.
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“You’ve got players who are in the Champions League squad yet who aren’t in the Premier League squad, and vice versa.
“That’s not an organised situation and to put Graham Potter in that situation was always going to be difficult for him.
“These players want to play and it all falls down to the manager but it’s not always down to them.”
Potter was axed just hours after former Reading manager Rodgers was sacked at the King Power with Leicester in the bottom three.
Ince said: “I don’t feel he has been supported enough.
“A number of those players have been there for a long time and when you’re in the Premier League you have to keep moving forward. If you’re staying still you’re going to struggle.”