Will Still: ‘I’m managing a Ligue 1 club at 30 and could not be happier’

I never thought I’d be in charge of a team against Neymar and Kylian Mbappé at this age. Life can be crazy

By The Coaches’ Voice for the Guardian Sport Network

At basically any point in my life, if someone had told me I’d be the head coach of a Ligue 1 side at 30, I’d have told them to punch me in the face. It would have been a totally ridiculous suggestion. The idea that, at 30, I’d be managing a team against Neymar, Kylian Mbappé, Sergio Ramos and Marco Verratti, and in the opposition dugout to Christophe Galtier, was equally mad.

Life can be crazy, though. I’ve never set any boundaries or limits on what I might achieve, but I’ve also never set any specific goals. When I went into coaching, I didn’t set out to make it to the top tier in France by a specific age. Not at all. I’m just not like that as a person. The key thing for me is just to enjoy what I’m doing now.