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Premier League analysis: Ranking England’s top managers

By Barrett Rouen

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: Josep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City celebrates his team's opening goal during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Stoke City at Etihad Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: Josep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City celebrates his team's opening goal during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Stoke City at Etihad Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) /
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WEST BROMWICH, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 28: Josep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City signs autographs prior to the Premier League match between West Bromwich Albion and Manchester City at The Hawthorns on October 28, 2017 in West Bromwich, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)
WEST BROMWICH, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 28: Josep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City signs autographs prior to the Premier League match between West Bromwich Albion and Manchester City at The Hawthorns on October 28, 2017 in West Bromwich, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images) /

Here is a comprehensive and entirely fair and definitive ranking of the managers in the Premier League for the 2017-2018 year.  You will not need to read any other measure after this.

The Premier League is the hardest division to manage in, in World Football.  The economics of the league are difficult and the fact that on any given day any team can beat any other one is a major factor.  It’s different to Spain in the fact that teams don’t lay down as sacrificial lambs to the superpowers and even the teams that are in the relegation zone are decent.

The simple fact that the TV money in the Premier League is so high does change things.  The Premier League gives even its lowest ranked team 100 million pounds makes it a hostile environment.  It’s not absurd for a team that’s struggling to go out and spend 70 million pounds or something of the like.

It’s a real test for managers and that is why managers such as Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp and Antonio Conte feel the need to leave their relatively safe surroundings to test themselves.

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