Steve McManaman From Wikipedia Retirement and current

McManaman retired from his playing career after being released by Manchester City in 2005.^[57] McManaman has personally reported that he has been working on Goal! 2, the sequel to Goal!, a movie which stars Kuno Becker becoming a fictional superstar at Newcastle United. By the film's release, McManaman had also become an Associate Producer of the film, and appears in the film as one of the coaching staff.

McManaman has since also been active as a media commentator and pundit, and has provided analysis for ITV media for the 2005 Champions League Final, and for ESPN Star in Asia in 2006, where McManaman's experience both as a former Premiership star as well as in Spain have enabled him to analyse the game in Europe in depth.

In October 2006 McManaman played in a charity match for Liverpool Legends against Celtic Legends.

In July 2007, McManaman was named executive director of the Hong Kong-listed company, Carson Yeung's Grandtop International Holdings Ltd, which subsequently took a 29.9% stake in English Championship side Birmingham City.

As of 2007, McManaman has also joined Setanta Sports as a football analyst and until the beginning of the 2008/09 season, hosted a television show, "Macca's Monday Night", reflecting on life in the Barclays Premier League. The team was augmented by Neil Warnock, the former Sheffield United manager, James Richardson, Emmanuel Petit, Tim Sherwood and Les Ferdinand. This show was axed in favour of "Football Matters", a live late monday-night discussion show hosted by James Richardson and Rebecca Lowe.

In June 2008, McManaman participated in Steve Nash and Claudio Reyna's hosted Showdown in Chinatown, an 8-on-8 charity soccer game at Sara D. Roosevelt Park. Nash scored two goals in his team's 8–5 victory, which included McManaman scoring one goal and making five of the goals in a team consisting of Thierry Henry, Robbie Fowler, Jason Kidd, Baron Davis, and Suns teammates Raja Bell and Leandro Barbosa.^[58]

In January 2009, McManaman gave a press interview where he backed his old club Liverpool to win the Premiership title, and also revealed his intentions for management. "I’m still thinking of getting back into the game and hopefully I will do my coaching badges at some point this year...It is going to be hard, though. There seems to be far less jobs available for the younger guys. Paul Ince, Roy Keane, Tony Adams – it seems as if people have got it in for them. It’s becoming a bit less attractive...If I do get back in, I don’t want to be a coach...I want to be a manager, but that’s easier said than done...I want to be able to pick the team, make the decisions and everything that goes with it. That said, I can’t do anything without my badges," he told the Liverpool Echo.^[59]