Former Liverpool -female boss Matt Beard says he has “maybe three months” until he has to consider jobs outside of football.
Beard left his role at the Reds in February – the second time he succeeded in the club – after he had previously had spells with Chelsea Women, West Ham Women and Bristol City Women among others.
It has left the 47-year-old looking for a new job and he talked about how difficult it has been for him and his family without his fixed income. Beard has said earlier that he might have to go back to a former job as a broker to make ends meet.
Baard appeared on the most recent podcast with Jordan Nobbs and Nikita Parris and was asked how long he had to consider a job outside of football.
“I may have three months or so,” he replied. “At the end of the day I have a family that I have to support. My agent has had a few phone calls about certain roles, so I am convinced that the end of the season can be opportunities.
“But if I have to do something else, I have to do something else because I have to bid, but hopefully it will not be there.
“I like coaching and managing, so I want to keep doing that, whether it is here or abroad.
“Could I consider a role of sports director or football director? Potential, but I am only 47. I still have a lot to offer, I just completed my pro -license and got my diploma from the LMA in football management.
Beard moved to the NWSL after his first Stint in Liverpool between 2013 and 2015, before spending a year with the Boston Breakers.
“I am open to promoting my horizon and perhaps my education. I taught me so much, especially a different playing style, so I am open to what the next step is.
“I had to try something else. If you look at my resume before I left Liverpool, I would have won every trophy in the domestic game.
“Going to America, I probably chose the most difficult job you could ever choose, go to Boston Breakers.
“I think they had won two games in something like two seasons and I went to another competition with a completely different style. If you look at the NWSL, it is still quite transition, but there is much more quality in the competition.
“It becomes more competitive and it gets better and better every year. When I was there, the standard was pretty bad, but it taught me so much.
“If you look at my time in Liverpool, we would have won back-to-back League titles and we had a tough third season, but I learned so much because I motivate myself? We were defeated in Boston every week and I learned so much from that side and went back [to Liverpool] Was the best, I think.
“If you look at what we have achieved in the three years, we were promoted to the first attempt in the championship, the WSL ended the following year and then fourth last year.
“It was a great journey. I am disappointed that I never had to finish it, but I have a great relationship with the people in the club. Sometimes that's just football.
“You are just as good as your last results and your last job, and it is very rare that someone inherited a team that they inherited in Liverpool. I was always trusted, despite the amount of injuries I had this year, that we would end in the top five or top six, and it will only happen because of the quality they have, but you have always received something.
“If I started doing a job to think:” Oh, I did this, I did ” – you can't do that. You really have to make sure you have a few goals and that they are realistic.
“I definitely have something to prove, 100 percent, and I can't wait to prove it.”