Pablo Warns: MK Don’s Boss on Lessons Learned in His Career

Warne has Richie Barker and Darren Potter as his main lieutenants at MK DON and believes that one of the keys to successful football management is to surround yourself with good people.

“At times, they don’t need me here, and I don’t mind saying that. If I’m not here for a week I don’t think anyone would notice,” he joked.

“What I have to do is the relationships with my players and staff, make them feel valued and worthy.

“I know that there are other managers who are billionaire coaches, some are good motivators, there are all different ways, but the way I always try to get people to do their job is if they do it better than me.”

Winning a fifth promotion is Warne’s priority but he admits the burden and responsibility of doing well has a toll.

“When the final whistle is gone all my promotions, my celebrations are not much, I’m just in my own office, locked the door, leaving the door ‘oh, relief,” I also said.

“(But) I know that if they improve and they have their children on the pitch and all that, and I can stand back and watch that I will not be stopped.”

“My mate in the village always said to me ‘what’s your five-year plan, 10-year plan’, I’m not like that I just live in today I don’t know what tomorrow looks like, so I have this insatiable desire to try, with the chairman’s support who’s been brilliant with me, and get this club to somewhere – and even if I play a little step on that road, great.”