Job offers provide Langer with options
THE coach that Australian cricket did not want has been deluged with job offers inside the game and from other sports.
Justin Langer is still a long way off deciding what his next move might be after he was brutally moved on by Cricket Australia, but the level of interest already shown in acquiring his services shows he is still very much a man in demand.
The Test legend’s name has been dragged through the mud for the best part of 12 months.
However, it does not seem to have affected Langer’s reputation in the wider sporting landscape, with the multitude
of approaches he has received over the past week understood to include cricket coaching jobs, roles in other highperformance sports and television commentary positions.
“There’s a lot of interest in Justin’s availability from all around the world,” his manager, James Henderson, said.
“We’ve received a lot of approaches inside and outside the game. I’m sure Justin Langer won’t be unemployed next summer.”
One organisation to already publicly indicate an interest in the coach is the England Cricket Board, which is headhunting a new head coach of their own.
Influential ECB administrator and former England captain Andrew Strauss has confirmed Langer is one person at front of mind to take over as national coach from the sacked Chris Silverwood.
Former England captains Michael Vaughan, Mike Atherton and Nasser Hussain have all declared Langer is the man to pick up the pieces after England’s Ashes crisis.