Patrick Vieira is the boss of Crystal Palace.
More needs to be done to encourage black players into management according to the only black manager in the premier league
A new report shows that black players make up 42% of the players in the premier league and 34% of the players in the eFL.
"We need to give opportunities to people of colour," he said on the show.
We are the same as anyone else. We need no more opportunities than anyone else.
The number of black coaches in the first or second division is not enough when you look at the top five leagues.
There isn't a lot of opportunities there. Black players don't have a lot of connection with people who are making the decisions.
The doors are not open for us to do what we can do and go into management. I talk about management, but I also talk about higher levels as well.
We should be given more chances to show that we are as good as anyone else.
The World Cup with France was won by one of the best players in the premier league era, Patrick Vieira.
He was part of the 'Invincibles' team that went without defeat in 2003 and 2004, and won three times, including the double. He won the Italian league four times and the European title once.
He took over at Palace in June 2021.
As he finished his playing career, Brian Marwood encouraged him to become a manager.
He said that Brian Marwood made him realize that having a career as a player was not enough.
I wanted to go to New York and start with the Manchester City Under-21s. To really believe in myself, I need to build that credibility and experience.
I had good people around me who gave me the platform to learn and to make mistakes, and now I am at Palace with the belief that I can be a good manager.
A report from The Black Footballers Partnership, an organisation formed earlier this year, found that black people hold only 1.6% of executive, leadership and ownership positions in football.
The Football Association launched a diversity code in 2020 to address racial inequality in the game.
The voluntary code requires all the clubs in the premier league to provide yearly data on their workforce.
Les Ferdinand, the director of football at Queens Park Rangers, said last week that there has been no difference in helping black players get jobs in the game.
The FA is committed to making sure the diversity of those coaching and leading within English football is reflective of our modern society.
Signing clubs exceeded diversity targets in hiring senior leadership and men's club senior coaches.
8% of our leadership team, 12% of all employees, 20% of our England men's coaching staff, and 4% of our England women's coaching staff come from Black, Asian, Mixed or Other, are examples of the diversity within the FA. We have set targets to increase representation and have been transparent about it.
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