Football managers must make their own physical and mental wellbeing a priority, Tony Pulis has argued, after Vincent Kompany’s health scare highlighted the demands of the job.
Pulis said the incident served as a reminder that management can take a significant toll on those responsible for leading a team. His argument focuses on the importance of managers looking after their fitness rather than allowing the pressures of football to take precedence over their health.
The role requires managers to cope with sustained demands, and Pulis’s comments underline that those responsibilities can affect both physical and mental wellbeing. He believes managers should recognise the strain involved and take steps to protect themselves while carrying out their work.
The available details do not specify the nature of Kompany’s health scare or when it occurred. Pulis’s wider message is that managers’ fitness should be treated as an essential part of their professional responsibilities, not something to be considered only after problems arise.
