Question about managers with no experience of English football

[Napper]

Racking my brains to think of a manager that has been a success in English football when coming from a background that has no experience of the English game (either playing or managing)

Can only seem to come up with numerous failures .

 

[ant457]

Jose Mourinho

 

[glasfryn]

how about any foreign manager who has been at Chelsea apart from the present one who is there for the second time

 

[Napper]

Good call , admittedly I been thinking lower league so could be few examples in the greedy league

 

[Napper]

if too many examples then maybe just stick to championship and lower

 

[Brightonia]

Rafa Benitez
Arsene Wenger

Both massively successful in this country.....

 

[SeagullSongs]

Sir Alex Ferguson

 

[timbha]

Sir Alex Ferguson

 

[timbha]

Sir Alex Ferguson

snap

 

[Napper]

championship or lower ? cant think of anyone ever

 

[Seagull by the Sea]

Racking my brains to think of a manager that has been a success in English football when coming from a background that has no experience of the English game (either playing or managing)

Can only seem to come up with numerous failures .

Martin Jol - should never have been sacked at Spurs

Rafa Benitez
Jose Mourinho
Alex Ferguson - he is not English!!
Pocche... - the guy at Southampton, did very well last season

The point is that not that many foreign managers get appointed in the lower leagues!

- and if they did, they were not of a similar pedigree to Oscar, ie played for Barcelona, coached at Barcelona and won a league title somewhere else in his FIRST season!!

 

[Napper]

The point is that not that many foreign managers get appointed in the lower leagues!

- and if they did, they were not of a similar pedigree to Oscar, ie played for Barcelona, coached at Barcelona and won a league title somewhere else in his FIRST season!!

Don't get me wrong , this isn't a veiled dig or anything , genuine question. Came up with half a dozen failures so thought put question out there

Our situation different anyway as OG doesnt need to change much like say Solbekken at Wolves

 

[Buckley's Mad Eye]

Roberto Martinez for third division Swansea? (he had played in England though I guess)

 

[ozzygull]

Racking my brains to think of a manager that has been a success in English football when coming from a background that has no experience of the English game (either playing or managing)

Can only seem to come up with numerous failures .

Roberto manchini

 

[Ali_rrr]

Carlo Ancelotti, won the league.

 

[Country Seagull]

Michael Laudrup has done pretty well so far

 

[Brightonia]

Roberto manchini

Didn't be play for Leicester?

 

[ozzygull]

Didn't be play for Leicester?

I have just checked his wiki. Yes on loan made 4 appearances. Didn't know that. I guess he does not count.

 

[Baron Pepperpot]

Gudjon Thordarson at Stoke City, Ossie at Swindon Town (Very like Gus actually until he had to sell so many players to balance the books....)

 

[Seagull by the Sea]

Gudjon Thordarson at Stoke City, Ossie at Swindon Town (Very like Gus actually until he had to sell so many players to balance the books....)

Ossie?! He played for Spurs...