Patrick Vieira has called on football to move faster to address the lack of Black people in decision-making positions.
The Senegalese Crystal Palace boss, who lifted the World Cup with France and the Double with Arsenal, was handed a lifetime achievement trophy at last weekend’s Best of Africa Awards in London. But he is continuing to highlight the stark, statistical imbalance which still sees precious few Black people at high levels in the UK, Europe and around the world - despite a third of the players in this country being Black.
Vieira, the only Black manager in the Premier League, said: “We live in a society where it is tough, it is difficult for young African persons to achieve because I strongly believe that a lot of doors are closed and we don’t have the opportunities we deserve.
