"There is no more beloved coach in, I'll say, all of the UK than Simo, even though he's only been here a little over a year. "Because he's that authentic, he's that genuine, he's that friendly, he's that humane. He's just a really beautiful person to come to know, as I've come to know him. "What we're saying to other clubs is stay away, he's our guy, he's committed to our project and we've backed him and he's going to back us." Of that beer, Simo's Gold, he admitted that he thought Webb was winding him up when it was first suggested.

Source: BBC January 09, 2026 06:43 UTC