I'm not sure that anyone has said that prospective head coaches "have no desire to manage this great club".
I believe we did approach Tony Mowbray for talks, but TM declined for health reasons, Lee Carsley was alleged to have said he was not ready for Club Football yet &, I belive it was Russel Martin who said he didn't want to work in a continental style model.
In my opinion, a number of prospective head coaches with English backgrounds would find it difficult to operate in a Nestor/Continental model.
It appears that Nestor has found a coach with continental experience who he considers would be capable of delivering his vision. To be fair, Wicky, as an experienced continental coach, has a far better chance of success than trying to shoe horn a reluctant coach with an English background.
Good Post.
We could indeed have gone for 'a reliable safe pair of hands' with lots of experience in English football, but we've been down that route many times, and usually we've come unstuck. That would include Mowbray, even though we played some good football under him, its now time to move on. By the way, I would put Corberan firmly in the modernising camp, even though he had some prior English experience.
Luckily, we now have a forward thinking owner and executive who are planning medium and long term, rather than just day to day survival. For me, its about having modern training methods, being good at coaching players to be better, analytical about tactics, and inspirational. (though I accept old school managers can also be inspirational). I am hopeful Wicky ticks a lot of those boxes, and am intrigued to learn more about him (if it is indeed him).
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