Andy Murray told ‘everything doesn’t revolve around you’ as former coach expresses shock at career decision

ANDY MURRAY'S erstwhile manager has warned him that "everything doesn't revolve astir you" aft the tennis fable took up a caller role.

Murray, who retired from tennis this summer, has agreed to manager erstwhile rival Novak Djokovic for the 2025 Australian Open.

The Scot volition beryllium taking a measurement into coaching arsenic Djokovic hopes to triumph his 25th singles major.

The sensational determination has got tennis fans excited with Djokovic claiming helium is "looking forward" to the imaginable too.

However, Murray's erstwhile manager Jamie Delgado has said helium is "very surprised" by the vocation alteration and has warned the 37-year-old helium volition person to marque a large power successful his mentality.

Delgado, who coached Murray to his 2016 Wimbledon success, wrote successful an nonfiction for The Times: "[An] accommodation for a player-turned-coach is the information that nary longer does everything revolve astir you.

"Especially for idiosyncratic similar Andy, who contended astatine the apical of the sport, each the decisions that were made, specified arsenic the times of practice, meal oregon travel, were geared astir him.

"That wholly changes erstwhile you go a coach. You are present determination for idiosyncratic other and that requires a important alteration successful your mindset."

But it's not conscionable having to accommodate to Djokovic's docket that could beryllium a civilization daze for Murray, Delgado went connected to pass that the unit helium volition consciousness volition beryllium thing wholly antithetic too.

He added: "The pressures you consciousness are besides different.

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"As a manager you are trying to instrumentality attraction of everything that you tin power and marque definite you person done everything to the champion of your quality to get the subordinate ready.

"But erstwhile you get to the lucifer it is not successful your control. The subordinate is yet liable for the shots that helium hits."

Delgado isn't acrophobic that Murray won't beryllium capable to adapt, however.

Instead the 47-year-old has lauded the concern arsenic a "great move" and reckons that Murray volition beryllium capable to pat into his on-court skills to springiness Djokovic a competitory advantage.

He wrote: "As a duo, Andy and Novak volition beryllium capable to sermon and formulate strategies for antithetic opponents oregon scenarios.

"Andy was astonishing arsenic a subordinate successful sensing people’s strengths and weaknesses precise aboriginal successful the match, and helium volition beryllium capable to bash that arsenic a manager from the beforehand enactment of the courtside box.

"Bear successful caput besides that the prohibition has been lifted connected coaches communicating with players during matches."