Roy Hodgson's remarkable career has taken in 18 different jobs across eight different countries from Scandinavia to the Middle East, but throughout it all he has always remained the quintessential Englishman.
Tuesday's news that he is leaving Crystal Palace at the end of the season, and probably heading into retirement, brought an emotional tribute from his current chairman Steve Parish, who described the 73-year-old as a 'magnificent human and outstanding football manager'.
It will be a view echoed in Halmstad, Neuchatel, Bristol City, Orebro, Malmo, Switzerland, Inter Milan, Blackburn, Grasshoppers Zurich, Udinese, the UAE, Viking Stavanger, Finland, Fulham, Liverpool, West Brom, England as well as Selhurst Park.