I think it’s a combination of things. 90s and early 00s were dominated by SAF and Wenger. At the time, Wenger stood out as an oddity, but his success led to teams with big aspirations looking to the continent for new managers. After Mourinho’s success, Chelsea started looking at the top European managers with track records of winning at the highest level to replace him. Man City, on its rise, followed the same strategy, as both clubs could afford it and wanted to buy success as quickly as possible. Basically, the top teams were managed by European coaches, and no one in England either stood out or seemed as exciting/had a record of winning big. So this perpetuated the culture that the best coaches came from abroad and since Pep, no one but Klopp has had a chance of winning anyway.
Alternate question – why is the Premier League title winning non-Pep manages?
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In 96 Kevin Keegan could have broken the curse, he was 12 points ahead of Man United in late February, and he managed to choke it all away.
The short answer is none of them are good enough.
OP – do you actually read any of these articles (which are behind a paywall) or do you just post the link for karma?
who cares? this article is xenophobic
I suspect you need to have generation of good players before you can have a generation of good managers!
Because Pep is not English 🤷🏻♂️
I forgot that the history of football only started in the 90s…
A full breakdown of the nationalities of Premier League winners:
Scotland: 14 titles, 2 managers (Ferguson 13, Dalglish 1)
Spain: 6 titles, 1 manager (Guardiola)
France: 3 titles, 1 manager (Wenger)
Portugal: 3 titles, 1 manager (Mourinho)
Italy: 4 titles, 4 managers (Ancelotti, Mancini, Ranieri, Conte)
Germany: 1 title, 1 manager (Klopp)
Chile: 1 title, 1 manager (Pellegrini)
Total: 32 titles, 7 countries, 11 managers
Eddiw Howe was that guy until this season
I think it’s a combination of things. 90s and early 00s were dominated by SAF and Wenger. At the time, Wenger stood out as an oddity, but his success led to teams with big aspirations looking to the continent for new managers. After Mourinho’s success, Chelsea started looking at the top European managers with track records of winning at the highest level to replace him. Man City, on its rise, followed the same strategy, as both clubs could afford it and wanted to buy success as quickly as possible. Basically, the top teams were managed by European coaches, and no one in England either stood out or seemed as exciting/had a record of winning big. So this perpetuated the culture that the best coaches came from abroad and since Pep, no one but Klopp has had a chance of winning anyway.
Alternate question – why is the Premier League title winning non-Pep manages?