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Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Liverpool close to landing Man Utd coach as worrying Red Devils trend continues
Liverpool are on the hunt for a new coach for their U18 side and are ready to raid Manchester United for Simon Wiles, who previously spent time at Salford City Liverpool are in talks to land coach Simon Wiles from arch rivals Manchester United as the Premier League champions seek to appoint a new coach of their U18 side. Wiles is currently working at Old Trafford and is leading the U14s, but is set to cross the divide and go and work at Kirby with the Reds' older age group. It would bring to an end the 40-year-old's relatively brief stint in Manchester, having only joined them in September 2024. Liverpool have been on the lookout for a new coach of their youth grade side since Marc Bridge-Wilkinson called time on his decade with the club. They reluctantly accepted his request to leave and he will go and work as an assistant at Huddersfield Town. Wiles though is highly rated and the Athletic reports his move is as good as sealed. He previously served as the caretaker boss of Salford City, where Gary Neville is a co-owner. His expected departure from Old Trafford is blow and continues the worrying trend of academy coaches who have chosen to leave for improved positions elsewhere, despite proving to be hugely competent in their roles with the Manchester side. Justin Cochrane, Paul McShane, Tom Huddlestone, Neil Ryan, and Neil Gittins have all left United in recent years. Neil Wood is also in that category having previously left the youth set-up in Manchester to go and be the boss at Salford. Wiles' first coaching role came in Blackpool's academy in June 2013, before he decided to put his focus back on his playing career, which later ended in 2018. Once he retired he became an U18s coach for League One club Fleetwood Town and was their interim manager in 2021 after they sacked Joey Barton. He left Fleetwood to begin work with Salford in 2022, where he was a first-team coach, which ultimately led to him being hired by United's academy in September last year. Wiles is expected to work with Anthony Ryan when he joins Liverpool, who will step up from the U15s to become assistant head coach for the U18s. Ryan is currently working as Liverpool U18s' interim boss after Bridge-Wilkinson left. The club's youth side has been effective in recent years with first Jurgen Klopp, and now Arne Slot, often giving the club's teenage talent a chance to impress. Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
Metro
3 days ago
- Sport
- Metro
Liverpool set to recruit 'highly-rated' Man Utd coach as new under-18s manager
Liverpool are in advanced talks to recruit 'highly-rated' coach Simon Wiles from their arch rivals Manchester United, according to reports. Wiles is currently in charge of United U14s at Old Trafford but is now set to become the U18s head coach for Premier League champions Liverpool. The 40-year-old only joined United in September 2024 after a spell as caretaker boss of Salford City, owned by Gary Neville and David Beckham. But The Athletic have reported that Wiles is now heading to Anfield to replace Marc Bridge-Wilkinson as the Reds' new U18s manager. Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro's Football Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your team in the link so we can send you football news tailored to you. Wiles' first coaching role came in Blackpool's academy in June 2013, before he decided to refocus on his playing career, which ended in 2018. After hanging up his boots, Wiles became an U18s coach for League One club Fleetwood Town and was their interim manager in 2021 when they sacked Joey Barton. He swapped Fleetwood for Salford in 2022, working as a first-team coach, before being snapped up by United's academy in September last year. His expected departure from Old Trafford is a significant blow given the amount of academy coaches to progress and leave for a raised position. Justin Cochrane, Paul McShane, Tom Huddlestone, Neil Wood, Neil Ryan, and Neil Gittins are just some of the other coaches to have left United. Wiles is expected to work with Anthony Ryan when he joins Liverpool, who will step up from the U15s to become assistant head coach for the U18s. Ryan is currently working as Liverpool U18s' interim boss after Bridge-Wilkinson left following 10 years of service at the end of last season. Wiles played as a midfielder for the likes of Blackpool, Dunfermline Athletic and Barrow. He also spent time on loan at Macclesfield Town. After leaving Barrow, he became an U10s coach for former club Blackpool but then joined Chorley before spells at Salford and Bamber Bridge. Wiles won the FA Trophy with Barrow during the 2009-10 season. He played 40 games for Blackpool – where he started his career in 2003 – with 27 of those appearances coming when they were in League One. MORE: 'I don't see it working' – Man Utd urged to reconsider move for £32m Chelsea star MORE: Stuart Pearce tells Man Utd and Arsenal to sign 'magnificent' 20-goal forward MORE: The real reason why Arsenal haven't completed deal for Viktor Gyokeres yet
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First Post
10-07-2025
- Business
- First Post
Trump's ‘Ice Maiden' says Musk had ‘a very troublesome ending' with US president
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles says the rift between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk is 'troublesome' but ultimately just a 'little hiccup' for the administration. read more hite House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has described the public breakdown between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk as 'very troublesome' but ultimately just a 'little hiccup' for the administration. Speaking on the latest episode of Pod Force One, released on Wednesday (July 9), Susie Wiles acknowledged the high-profile fallout between the former allies. 'It was a great thing when it was a great thing' Wiles reflected on the value Musk brought to the administration in its early days, calling him 'fascinating' and praising his contributions during the presidential transition. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'He knew things we didn't know. He knew people and technologies that we didn't know,' Wiles said. 'It was a great thing when it was a great thing, and had a very, I think, a very troublesome ending.' 'The president was very generous to him, and Elon had a lot to contribute to us,' Wiles added. 'I don't understand it' — Wiles on the split When asked what caused the fallout, Wiles admitted she wasn't sure. 'I don't understand it. I don't know,' she said. 'I liked working with Elon. He's fascinating and sees the world differently. He's not like the average person—but unfortunately, things didn't end well.' Musk-Trump feud over 'One Big Beautiful Bill' The fallout began because Musk opposed Trump's key piece of legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. After Trump gave Musk a warm farewell at the White House in May, the SpaceX CEO quickly went public with criticism of Trump's bill. Musk called the bill a 'disgusting abomination' full of wasteful spending, and said it would worsen the federal deficit. Trump suggested Musk was upset because the bill cut green energy tax credits, but Musk denied this. Musk's America Party The clash grew when Musk launched a new political group called the America Party. Trump brushed it off as 'ridiculous,' calling Musk a 'train wreck.'
Sky News AU
10-07-2025
- Business
- Sky News AU
White House chief of staff speaks about the ending of Trump and Musk's bromance
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has spoken about the end of US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's relationship. Wiles recently appeared alongside New York Post columnist Miranda Devine on her podcast 'Pod Force One'. During her appearance, Wiles was asked about the 'inevitable' ending of Trump and Musk's bromance. Trump's chief of staff revealed she felt that their relationship would fracture despite how 'kind' the president was to him. 'The president was very, very kind to him. And Elon had so much to offer us. He knew things we didn't know, he knew people and technologies that we didn't know,' Wiles said. 'It was a great thing when it was a great thing, and then it had a very troublesome ending.'
New York Post
10-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Miranda Devine: Susie Wiles brings calm to Trump admin—helping the president rack up wins
Donald Trump calls her the 'Ice Maiden.' But in person, the very private White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is warm and hospitable — as long as you don't cross her. She didn't become the most powerful woman in the world without a determined glint in her eye that can silence the most spirited Cabinet minister. Wiles, 68, has brought a sense of order and calm to Trump's second presidency, which has given him the space to notch up wins at breakneck speed. In a rare interview on our new podcast 'Pod Force One' she explained how she does it. 'I gave a piece of advice to myself when I started this job,' she told us this week in her large sunny office in the West Wing, down the hall from the Oval Office. 'I am the chief of staff. I'm not the chief of Donald Trump.' She starts early each day with a security briefing, followed by a 7:30 a.m. staff meeting in her office with deputies including Stephen Miller, Taylor Auerbach and James Blair at the big conference table that stands in front of French doors that lead to a prized private patio where she held a 'cigar party' after she moved in. She usually doesn't finish until late at night, when younger staff members have gone home to their young families, and she has barely had a day off since she started. But when people ask Wiles what is the hardest thing about her job, she replies: 'Here's what's not hard about my job: Donald Trump. He is predictable and open and approachable and honest and honorable and committed and all of those things, which does not mean he can't be irritated or frustrated, but I view my job as trying to keep as much of that away from him so that he can think clearly about the big picture. We'll take care of the back office.' That's high praise from someone who is with Trump for hours every day, and has been with him off and on since 2015 through some of his darkest hours, including his near-death in an attempted assassination in Butler, Pa., one year ago this Sunday. They know each other so well now that if he does get irritable when something goes wrong, she has worked out the simplest way to mollify him. Every week, Post columnist Miranda Devine sits down for exclusive and candid conversations with the most influential disruptors in Washington. Subscribe here! 'I've never found him to be irritated or angry for no reason,' she says. 'So, solving the underlying problem is where I focus. He'll be angry. He'll say so. But at the end of the day, what he wants from me is to fix whatever made him angry. So, I try to go to the root cause.' The fact that Wiles is competent and organized means that she generally fixes problems before they reach him, a far cry from the catastrophes that used to land in his lap under his revolving door of four chiefs of staff during his first administration. Asked if her boss has any annoying habits, she pauses and then offers: 'He's known to be tardy, and so the day gets out of control pretty quickly. But . . . what you see is what you get, and that's a blessing for a staff member because then I don't wonder when I come in on Monday, 'What's it going to be like?' I know what it's going to be like. It's going to be breakneck speed to get as much done as fast as possible for the people that need it and matter. And that's really what we do here every day, all day. Seven days a week, by the way.' The Floridian grandmother's talent is to create order out of the chaos that comes from a gregarious commander in chief whose office door is always open, and who has an ambitious agenda, boundless energy, and the weight of the world on his shoulders. Preferable chaos 'There is a natural chaos, and he prefers it,' she says. 'He prefers as many inputs on any given topic as he can possibly get, and I prefer that for him. It makes for better decisions. 'But at a certain point, you've got to rein it all in, and he's got to make a decision, and he does. And then we execute.' Any visitor to the Oval Office or the president's civilian life office in Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue can see he is a neat freak, with tidy piles of paper on his desk. And contrary to popular belief, Trump is a 'voracious reader,' says Wiles. 'His reputation is different, but I can tell you he is a voracious reader.' He reads his hometown newspaper, the New York Post, cover to cover, and The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, 'and sometimes The Washington Post. And anything else that comes his way, the Financial Times and all of the periodicals.' She is in awe of his work ethic, and says he sets a 'superhuman pace,' which is extra remarkable at the age of 79. 'I don't know of another mortal who could really keep up [with him]. I work as hard as I can, and I think I do fine. Or at least if I don't, he hasn't told me that yet. But it is a superhuman pace. There's no question. And if you look around at the staff, they're all young but me. So there's a reason for that!' The first time Wiles, then a successful Florida political consultant, met Trump was at Trump Tower in 2015 during the Republican primaries, when she saw something in the outsider that she thought made him a standout prospect in the unwieldy field of 17 candidates. 'I've been a traditional Republican all my life and I thought, this is just not working, not for the American people. We need a disruptor here. We need somebody that thinks about how to serve the American people differently . . . And after talking to this billionaire who I didn't really go into the meeting thinking would have his finger on the vein of the middle class, I realized he did. And then that decision [to work for him] was easy after that.' The daughter of legendary sportscaster Pat Summerall, former NFL placekicker for the Giants, Wiles cut her teeth on Republican politics early, with an entry-level job on Capitol Hill, working for an old football friend of her father's, New York Rep. Jack Kemp. She soon graduated to the White House — for the first time — as a scheduler for Ronald Reagan, where she met her former husband, Lenny Wiles, with whom she had two daughters. For the next 20 years she worked for local Florida politicians and took time off to raise her children. She launched her own political consulting shop and managed Rick Scott's successful 2010 outsider campaign for Florida governor, before pulling off another upset victory for Ron DeSantis in 2018. She had a famous falling out with DeSantis, who she agrees tried to destroy her career. She went back to run Trump's final campaign when he was at his lowest point, trying to pull off what almost everyone thought was the impossible feat of winning back the presidency in 2024. He was being attacked with lawfare by Joe Biden's DOJ and other rogue Democrat lawmakers. But throughout Trump's darkest days, when his home was raided by the FBI and he was arrested in Georgia, she never saw him downbeat. 'Never, never. In the dark days, when truly they were persecuting him, he put a suit and tie on and came to the office and worked all day, every day. 'I believe fundamentally, thoroughly, completely in what he believes, and I believed he could and would come back, believed he would overcome everything that was thrown at him, which was everything. And frankly, going through that just gave me more resolve to help every way I could.' How lucky is Trump and all of us that she made that decision.
