When Frank Lampard took his Everton to Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa in August, the match build-up focused on how we were looking at the future of English management.
Both have since been sacked after spiralling results. Just four of 20 Premier League clubs have an English permanent boss, and only Eddie Howe has been in the job more than six months.
Graham Potter is one of this country’s best coaches but is so far failing at Chelsea. It begs the question: why can’t England produce any good managers?
Of England’s last generation of footballers, Paul Scholes lasted just seven matches in charge of Oldham, Sol Campbell failed at Macclesfield and Southend, while most have yet to try their hand at management.