In January 2008 there were 19 foreign managers employed by the 92 English clubs from the Premier League down to League Two; eight years later there are still only 19 foreign managers in charge of the 92 clubs.

There has been no rise in the number. But there is one significant difference. Now those managers are much more concentrated in the Premier League and, not just that, the top half of the division. Indeed, this season, for the first time ever in the top flight of English football, there is not one single English manager who has achieved a top-10 finish.