England has been one of the strongest leagues in Europe for twenty years, for many it is the best, the most dynamic... The story has been told of how much Arsene Wenger changed football on the island when he arrived at Arsenal in 1996, and as if the arrival of the French started a trend, because top foreign experts later became a part of the English elite, without which it is impossible to imagine either championship or mediocre teams.
Sir Alex Ferguson is a Scotsman, he made Manchester United one of the biggest clubs in the world, and few people remember the last English coach who became a champion with - an English club.
To find his name, it is necessary to go back to the early nineties. The last to do so was Howard Wilkinson, champion with Leeds United in 1992. It was the last season before the First Division was renamed the Premier League.
Former Liverpool coach Bob Paisley has 6 English league titles. He is also the most decorated domestic specialist ever in the English elite. Tom Watson (Sunderland - Liverpool) and Herbert Chapman (Huddersfield - Arsenal) won one less.
By the way, Wilkinson was not a trophy coach, before Leeds he managed the lower leagues, then he sat on the bench of Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland and the young England national team, and his last coaching engagement was in 2004 in China (Shanghai Shenhua). He is now 76 years old...
In all these years, the English have not created coaches who have proven that they have the quality for great deeds. It turned out that neither Sam Allardyce, nor Harry Redknapp, Steve McClaren..., although the younger generations are promising - above all Frank Lampard (Chelsea), the coach of Gordig Albion Gareth Southgate, and even Steven Gerrard, who is building his coaching career in Glasgow , on the Rangers bench.
SCOTS KEEP THE HONOR OF GREAT BRITAIN
Since the beginning of the Premier League (season 1992/93), a total of 10 experts have won the trophy. And on that list, to the pride of Great Britain, there are Scottish legends - Ferguson and Kenny Dalglish.
13 times the champion of England was Sir Alex Ferguson, all with Manchester United. The legendary Scot won the first title in 1993, and the last in 2013, when he ended his career.
Ferguson was nicknamed the Godfather of the Premier League a long time ago, because from 1993 to 2013, he was the champion 13 times with the "red devils". He also remembers 1999, in which he won the three most important trophies (PL, Champions League and FA Cup), and United won the farewell title in the 2012/13 season. did not come close to the trophies of the best team in England.
And Dalglish is deservedly sir, for Liverpool fans he is the King (he won nine titles as a player and coach), but he has a special place in the hearts of Blackburn Rovers supporters.
How could he not when he brought the title to the club from "Ewood Park" in 1995. It was a generation with Alan Shearer, Tim Sherwood, Chris Sutton, Graeme le Soo, Colin Hendry... Rovers then crossed the finish line first despite the defeat at " Anfield" in the last round - they finished with a point more than Manchester United, who drew away to West Ham on the same day.
WENGER, MOURINHO, ITALIANS...
In 1996, Wenger came to Arsenal from Nagoya, Japan, and it turned out - English football was getting closer to Europe. Three titles with Arsenal cannot in any way reflect Wenger's contribution to the development of the entire Premier League, and his "gunners" from the 2003/04 season. they are still remembered today as the best in the history of the league, because they reached the cup without defeat.
After winning the Champions League with Porto, Jose Mourinho had a clear goal - to become a coaching icon in the Premier League. He succeeded in that intention, in two terms he was champion three times with Chelsea and now as the manager of Tottenham he wishes to repeat some of the success from "Stamford Bridge".
The title of Premier League champion was also won by Italian coaches - Carlo Ancelotti (Chelsea - 2010), Roberto Mancini (Manchester City - 2011), sensationally Claudio Ranieri with Leicester (2016), and Antonio Conte as manager of Chelsea in 2017.
The only winner of the Premier League who is not from the European continent is Mauricio Pellegrini - the Chilean conquered England in 2014 with City.
The last two years were marked by Pep Guardiola with the "citizens", and if the 2019/20 season Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will join the list of champions among foreign coaches.
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