Eric Ramsay: The ex-Chelsea and Man Utd coach who chose MLS over Championship
Eric Ramsay is convinced that his decision to take on the head coaching role in Major League Baseball football, rather than a champion, will benefit his overall development.
The 33-year-old Welshman started his first full season against LAFC in Minnesota on Saturday, joining the club in March last year before directing them to the playoffs where they were in the Western Conference semifinals He was finally defeated. The winner La Galaxy.
Offering Ramsey will continue the first month of his new campaign, he will be the 17th major league football boss (of the possible 29 possible 29 years old) in charge for more than a year.
By comparison, only two of the 18 champion managers who were still in the second-tier club last season, Leeds and Middlesbrough, still have the same guy.
The bleak stats are why Ramsey chose to join United’s first-team setup after Chelsea’s extended spell as youth coach.
“I understand enough that I am by no means a finishing article as a head coach,” Ramsey told the BBC Sport.
“I want an experience that will give me the best chance, a chance to make some mistakes and manage some of the feeling that is big.
“It feels like there’s a review on MLS. There’s media to deal with it. The pressure you have to deal with, albeit at the same level as England.
“Champions should have been like a test, if not more, but with the ongoing suspicion, objectively looking, the life cycle is much shorter for those entering the league. It was a relatively wise decision. ”
Ramsay is the youngest coach in the MLS.
He is following the trend of club trusting young bosses, including Fabian Hurzeler, 31, of Brighton and Will Will, 32, who are still The Ligue 1 side lens is responsible.
Ramsay followed the coaching path after earning a degree in sports science and management from Loughborough University.
Prior to joining Chelsea in 2019, he worked for Swansea and Shrewsbury before moving to Manchester United, initially as a player development coach under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in 2021.
“I’ve reached a logical point of view to seeking such an opportunity,” Ramsey said.
“I spent two and a half years at Chelsea.”
