Source: Telegraph
iverpool defender Jamie Carragher plans for life in the dugout
The Liverpool defender's former team-mate Ince was sacked as Blackburn manager in December after just 21 games at Ewood Park, while his old foe Keane resigned after two years at Sunderland with his side deep in the relegation mire.[LNB]The sight of such high-profile casualties would make most players shy away from taking charge of a top flight team. But Carragher, never one to shirk a challenge, remains unbowed.[LNB]He told Liverpool's official magazine: "I think I still want to go into management. I'm sure I'll stay in football in some capacity. That might be as a trainer, a coach or a manager.[LNB]"I don't think I could live without football. It's been part of my life since the age of four or five and I think and talk about it constantly.[LNB]"I'd have to try management one day and see if it's for me. If it wasn't, I'd just move on. Roy Keane did a good job bringing Sunderland up in his first season and then keeping them up after that, but what happened with him and Ince wouldn't make me think twice about becoming a manager."[LNB]The incumbent of the post Carragher would one day inhabit, Rafa Benitez, is facing a task to keep the Dutch international Dirk Kuyt out of the clutches of Juventus.[LNB]Claudio Ranieri's side, currently second in Serie A, have been linked with a host of the Anfield side's players, including Ryan Babel, Xabi Alonso and Daniel Agger, but now appear to have turned their attentions to the former Feyenoord striker.[LNB]Juventus are desperately seeking a replacement for Pavel Nedved, the Czech international who is due to retire at the end of the current campaign. Kuyt, converted to a right winger by Benitez after arriving at Anfield as a forward, has impressed this season on the flank.[LNB]Benitez would be loathe to lose a player who remains an integral part of his plans and who is widely acknowledged among his team-mates as being a key cog in the Spaniard's system, but with transfer funds in the summer likely to be restricted by the club's owners' financial travails, a bid of £10 million would be tempting. [LNB]
