Dwight Yorke FINALLY lands a new managerial job – after the Man United legend repeatedly hit out at the lack of opportunities for him

Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke has been given the second job of his managerial career.

The 52-year-old – who scored 65 goals for United in 152 games between 1998 and 2002 – has been confirmed as the new manager of the Trinidad and Tobago men’s national team.

“I am proud and privileged to receive the honor of leading the Trinidad and Tobago national team,” said Yorke.

‘The opportunity to work with this talented, tight-knit group of players is something I look forward to.

“Having helped Trinidad and Tobago to the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2000, captained the team at the 2006 World Cup and been assistant manager, my love and commitment to my national team is well documented.”

Trinidad and Tobago is currently ranked 102nd in the FIFA Men’s World Ranking.

They have only qualified for the World Cup once – back in 2006, when Yorke played all three group games.

Yorke’s appointment by the country he represented 72 times as a player comes 21 months after he was sacked by Australian club side Macarthur FC.

He was sacked from that role after giving a scathing speech in which he compared the club to a ‘pub team’ and described it as a ‘Mickey Mouse’ operation.

Yorke later made efforts to clarify that his criticism had been aimed at the club’s senior management, rather than his former players.

He took charge of 19 Macarthur matches – winning 10, drawing three and losing six.

Yorke’s move to Macarthur came after he became frustrated with the lack of opportunities he was getting in England.

He was overlooked for the Sutton United job in 2019.

Two years later, Yorke then publicly expressed his disappointment at not being hired by Aston Villa when Steven Gerrard was appointed instead. He had spent almost a decade of his career at Villa Park, scoring 98 goals.

Earlier this year – some 13 months after his exit from Macarthur – Yorke hinted during an interview with The mirror that he might have to buy a club to get another manager’s job.

“It’s been talked about a lot in previous years,” he said. ‘The people I come across in football, we’ve talked about it.

‘Forming a consortium, trying to get a football team to get the right backing from maybe black ownership, black millionaires or billionaires, so to speak, to embrace it. It is something that is probably worth discussing again in relation to the future.

‘Cause, as you know, we’re going back to the facts of the struggles of black leaders to get into these high positions. So the only way forward is perhaps to buy a football team’.

Yorke added: ‘I remember having the conversation with my close friend Andy Cole. He told me: “It’s a waste of time. You’ll never get a job in English football.” He knows what he was talking about. But I embrace the challenge. I like to defy the odds.

– I did it as a player and I will do it again as a manager. I showed in Australia that I am a proven winner, that I can win and do at any level.

‘But you need that opportunity. Unfortunately, you as the player are in control of your abilities and when you play. But when you become a manager, you trust that that opportunity will be given to you.’

Yorke previously served as Trinidad and Tobago’s assistant manager shortly after retiring from playing in 2009.