Article by Daniel Scorpie – published on Sunday, April 27, 2025, 16:59 / Updated Sunday, April 27, 2025 16:59
Never since the establishment of Premier League, in 1992, an English manager has failed to become a champion! The last one on the list is Arne Slot (Liverpool), the first with this performance from the Netherlands. Only eight countries have laureate coaches in the elite of England!
Which before the start of the season almost no one believed possible here. ARNE SLOT, a name that is little publicized in the top of Europe, came out of the shadow of the huge Jurgen Klopp.
And he did, in just 10 months, the leap from Feyenoord at the Premier League peak. Liverpool is the new champion, managing to become a number one with a foreign manager!
Only 15% of clubs have English manager in Premier League
But there is absolutely no surprise, on the contrary! No English has won this title from the establishment of competition in 1992! And it would be a bit difficult at this time, where only three of the 20 Premier League clubs have an English coach. That is 15%.
75percent of the coaches are native to Liga (Spain). Follow the series A (70%), Bundesliga (50%), Ligue 1 (44%) and Premier League (15%)
In comparison with the Top 5 championships of Europe, in Spain the local leaders lead teams from Laliga in a proportion of three quarters, and in Serie A are 70 percent Italians, while in the Bundesliga half of the technical banks are occupied by the Germans!
Ivan Juric was dismissed from Southampton after only 16 matches, of which 13 lost / Photo: Imago
“The English coaches have a stigma in this country!” Admits Charlie Wyatt. The head of The Sun football department has been observing for some time as the Premier League clubs prefer to hire foreign coaches instead of the English.
Top titles in the Premier League
Manager nationality
1. Sir Alex Ferguson Scotland 13
2. Pep Guardiola Spain 6
3-4. Jose Mourinho Portugal 3
Arsene Wenger France 3
Two great successful managers in the Premier League, Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho / Photo: Imago
And it offers Southampton as an example, which has long been in the last place, already being relegated to champions and defying negative records. In December, the “saints” desperately needed a new manager. But instead of giving the chance of an Englishman, Ivan Juric was employed.
The Croatian had been dismissed after only 12 matches of AS Roma and did not correlate at all the expectations of the leadership and fans. “But, obviously, it was good enough for Southampton!”, Says the same Wyatt, with irony and resignation, quoted by Bild I Sonntag.
“Fans start to complain about an English coach!”
However, he resisted only 16 matches before being fired, with a terrible average of 0.44 points per match. “It is a pity how fast and easy the English managers are, although the federation offers good preparation for coaches. But as soon as an English technician comes into question at a club, fans are starting to complain, “explains The Sun.
Title winners managers in Premier League (1993-2009)
Current Premier League coaches
TEAM COUNTRY MANAGER
Liverpool Arne Slot the Netherlands
Arsenal Mikel Artteta Spain
Nottingham Forest Nuno Espirito Santo Spain
Newcastle Eddie Howe England
Manchester City Pep Guardiola Spain
Chelsea Enzo Maresca Italy
Aston Villa Unai Emery Spain
Bournemouth Andoni Iraola Spain
Fulham Marco Silva Portugal
Brighton Fabian Hürzerar Germany
Brentford Thomas Frank Denmark
Crystal Palace Oliver Glasner Austria
Everton David Moyes Scotland
Manchester United Ruben Amorim Portugalia
Wolverhampton Vitor Pereira Portugalia
Tottenham Ange Postecoglou Australia
West Ham Graham Potter England
Ipswich Kieran McKenna England
Leicester Ruud Van Nistelrooy the Netherlands
Southampton Simon Rusk Scotland
Pep Guardiola, Manchester City coach, is the second most titled Manager in Premier League / Photo: Getty Images
Charlie Wyatt also indicates a solid reason for this situation, the international opening of Premier League: “The brand is oriented to the outside world, the internal influences playing an increasingly smaller role, for both coaches and players.
What is partly due to foreign club owners. “The trend could not be alarming, and on the proportion of the English from the total footballers used in the Premier LEGUE, who lately has descended dramatically. Under 30%!
Title winners in Premier League (2010-2025)
Top countries with champion managers in PL
1. Scotland 13*
2. Spain 6
3. Italy 4
4-5. Portugal 3
France 3
* Germany, the Netherlands and Chile have a champion manager.
