Scouting the next fairytale with Brian Carey
RIAN Carey didn’t get to see his old club Leicester City write another improbable chapter in their history by overcoming Seville in the Champions League at the King Power stadium on Tuesday night. Instead, the former Foxes centre-half was at Gigg Lane watching Bury beat Bristol Rovers 3-0 in a League 1 match. And with good reason: he was there to run a forensic eye over the players on show as Tottenham Hotspur’s senior scout in the north-west of England.
The 48-year-old brings a wealth of experience to the role from more than 25 years immersed in the professional game in England since he left his hometown club Cork City for Manchester United in 1989. From Old Trafford, his career has taken him to Leicester City, Wrexham, Doncaster Rovers, Wolves, Blackburn Rovers and Chesterfield as, variously, player, coach, assistant manager and manager.
