Ryan Giggs raises concern over 'too many foreign coaches' in EPL

London, Feb 22: Former Manchester United assistant manager and club legend Ryan Giggs has raised his concerns over the presence of 'too many foreign coaches' in the English Premier League.

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The Red Devil phenom who himself was in charge of Manchester United as their assistant manager until this season was ousted after Jose Mourinho joined the club replacing Louis van Gaal.

Giggs had previously served United as a caretaker manager in 2014 for a couple of months after David Moyes' sacking.

After that, he joined Louis van Gaal and served as his apprentice for 2 seasons at Old Trafford. When Mourinho joined the club he said that Giggs actually wanted the role of the manager.

Giggs later applied for Swansea City's managerial post after Francesco Guidolin was removed from his position.

Unfortunately, Swansea appointed USA's Bob Bradley at the helm of affairs ignoring Giggs. But Bradley did not last for more than 2.5 months and he was replaced by Paul Clement.

On facing rejection twice from Swansea, Giggs displayed his frustration speaking to BBC Wales.

He said: "I don't think there's enough [British managers] at the moment. It's good to see a British coach getting a chance.

"I think it is [important British coaches get a chance]. There's a lot of top quality foreign coaches in the Premier League, but there's also a lot of quality British coaches and managers out there."

He believes that British coaches will never come up to the top if they are not given opportunities to showcase their talent.

Giggs continued: "If you don't get the chance, you don't get the chance to prove what you can do and see what you can do with a talented team.

"As I say, there are quality foreign coaches as well. I just think on the balance, there's too many foreigners at the moment and British coaches probably just don't get the chances."

At the moment all the top teams in EPL are being managed by foreign coaches. Actually, all the top managers in the world are in the English league which made it more exciting an intense.

Here is a list of all the 20 managers in the league:

AFC Bournemouth - Eddie Howe (England)

Arsenal - Arsene Wenger (France)

Burnley - Sean Dyche (England)

Chelsea - Antonio Conte (Italy)

Crystal Palace - Sam Allardyce (England)

Everton - Ronald Koeman (Netherlands)

Hull City - Marco Silva (Portugal)

Leicester City - Claudio Ranieri (Italy)

Liverpool - Jurgen Klopp (Germany)

Manchester City - Pep Guardiola (Spain)

Manchester United - Jose Mourinho (Portugal)

Middlesbrough - Aitor Karanka (Spain)

Southampton - Claude Puel (France)

Stoke City - Mark Hughes (Wales)

Sunderland - David Moyes (Scotland)

Swansea City - Paul Clement (England)

Tottenham Hotspur - Mauricio Pochettino (Argentina)

Watford - Walter Mazzarri (Italy)

West Ham United - Slaven Bilic (Croatia)

West Bromwich Albion - Tony Pulis (Wales)

7 out 0f 20 managers are British which justifies Ryan Giggs concern. It has to be noted that the arguably the greatest manager of all time in club football and the longest reigning manager in English football is none other than the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson.

*Note: Clubs in bolt have British managers

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