GRAEME Souness has admitted that he should have remained at Rangers for longer rather than jumping at the chance to manage Liverpool.
The former midfielder led the Ibrox side between 1986 and 1991, guiding them to three league titles and four League Cups.
He then succeeded Kenny Dalglish at Anfield and lifted the FA Cup in his first season, but believes on reflection that he was wrong to make the move south so soon.
Souness was speaking to GQ to promote his book ‘Football: my life my passion’.
When asked if Newcastle United was the worst run club he worked at, he replied: “I wouldn’t say it was the worst run. It was the hardest job I ever had, or certainly one of them.
“I never made easy choices and following Sir Bobby Robson wasn’t easy, just as following Kenny [Dalglish] at Liverpool wasn’t. You don’t get a job at a football club if everything is rosy in the garden.
“But they were my choices and if I could do it all again, I would… although I shouldn’t have taken the job at Liverpool because I should have stayed at Rangers and been more patient, had a few more years there.”
During a 30-year managerial career Souness managed eight clubs in five different countries.
But when asked if he could be tempted back into the dugout now, the 54-time Scotland international did not hesitate with his response.
He said: “No. Because I worked out that the winning didn’t compensate for the losing. And I realised that my personality is not suited to modern management where the power is all with the players and the tail wags the dog.
“If you fall out with one in the dressing room, he and his four or five mates collectively have the power to get rid of you because together they’re worth £200 million.”
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