Graham Alexander: Unemployment is a boot camp for me

Alexander has turned down three jobs since August and is now focused on learning and improving his management skills for when the next opportunity at a club arises

Former Motherwell manager opens up on tough personal times since leaving Fir Park

Graham Alexander wouldn’t have made over 1,000 appearances, debuted in the Premier League at 37 and played past his 40th birthday without evolving to football’s changing times and a voracious appetite for self-improvement.

On the tenth anniversary of his first stride into management at Fleetwood, Alexander’s commitment to those traits remains absolute. He’s currently immersed in what he describes as a managerial boot camp.

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It’s designed to prime him to peak, mentally and physically, for when the right opportunity to dive headlong into his next job presents itself. The 51-year-old is hellbent on ensuring future employers hire a manager better than the one whose 18-month Motherwell tenure ended in late July.

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