Middlesbrough recently appointed Carrick as manager, succeeding Chris Wilder in the Riverside dugout. He hired former Boro boss Jonathan Woodgate as an assistant, and the rest of his backroom staff is still being finalized.
Leicester City’s Sadler, who has served as a first-team coach for the last four seasons, has been linked with a role at Middlesbrough. However, reports soon after that stated that he was likely to stay, with Foxes manager Rodgers now confirming the club’s stance.
“Sads is a very important part of our team here. He’ll be staying,” Rodgers told Leicestershire Live.
“He’s an excellent coach. He’s great with the players. He’s open in his communication. We have a really strong team here, with different personalities, and it all fits in really well to help the players. Adam is one of those.”
Carrick wants the experience to help him in his first stint in full-time management and rightly so. Ultimately, Sadler would have been a perfect helping hand having been at Rodgers’ side at Leicester City for a number of years. So to now have him ruled out of a move to Teesside comes as a blow for the Championship club.
Although inexperienced, young, hungry managers can work, experienced heads in and around the club and particularly in the backroom staff certainly count for something and stands you in good stead for the campaign.
Middlesbrough and Carrick will now need to look elsewhere to poach from other clubs or look at who is available and can come in to help the new Boro boss behind the scenes. They will need to do so as quickly as possible, however, with the club in desperate need of a turnaround as things stand.
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