SinNombre
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Early managerial career : first 10 years of management, or by age 45.
Kind obvious but not every person who accomplishes this is guaranteed to be an all time great.
SAF - won the Scottish league with Aberdeen at age 38 (and two more league wins and the european cup winners cup with them beating RM at age 41).
Mourinho - won the Portuguese league and UEFA cup with Porto at age 40 (first league win for them in 4 years) and then won the CL at age 41.
Pep - won la liga and the CL as a manager at 38
Zidane - won the CL at age 43 and then la liga the next year at age 44.
Klopp - won the Bundesliga with Bvb at age 43
LVG - won the Eredivisie with Ajax at age 42 and 43, and the CL with them at 43
Cruijff - league and cup winners cup double with Ajax at 40, league win with Barca at 43
Ancelotti - won Serie A at age 44 with Milan (their first win in 5 years and one of only 2 league titles in the past 25!)
Wenger - won the league with Monaco at age 39. Slightly underwhelming achievement compared to the rest but he is also (relatively) an underwhelming manager.
Hitzfeld is a slight exception given he stayed and kept winning in Switzerland for a long time before moving to Bvb and winning the league with them at 46 and the CL at 47.
Anyways, the point is for those looking to replace Ole and wanting him replaced with a great manager, the answer cannot be the likes of Poch (48 and never won anything) or Marco Rose (44 and same).
If RB Leipzig can actually win the league or CL, then you are talking about Nagelsmann as someone who is following in the footsteps of the greats and I can fully buy into the hype train. Domenico Tedesco could also be an interesting one if he can win the Russian league and take Spartak deep in Europe.
Kind obvious but not every person who accomplishes this is guaranteed to be an all time great.
SAF - won the Scottish league with Aberdeen at age 38 (and two more league wins and the european cup winners cup with them beating RM at age 41).
Mourinho - won the Portuguese league and UEFA cup with Porto at age 40 (first league win for them in 4 years) and then won the CL at age 41.
Pep - won la liga and the CL as a manager at 38
Zidane - won the CL at age 43 and then la liga the next year at age 44.
Klopp - won the Bundesliga with Bvb at age 43
LVG - won the Eredivisie with Ajax at age 42 and 43, and the CL with them at 43
Cruijff - league and cup winners cup double with Ajax at 40, league win with Barca at 43
Ancelotti - won Serie A at age 44 with Milan (their first win in 5 years and one of only 2 league titles in the past 25!)
Wenger - won the league with Monaco at age 39. Slightly underwhelming achievement compared to the rest but he is also (relatively) an underwhelming manager.
Hitzfeld is a slight exception given he stayed and kept winning in Switzerland for a long time before moving to Bvb and winning the league with them at 46 and the CL at 47.
Anyways, the point is for those looking to replace Ole and wanting him replaced with a great manager, the answer cannot be the likes of Poch (48 and never won anything) or Marco Rose (44 and same).
If RB Leipzig can actually win the league or CL, then you are talking about Nagelsmann as someone who is following in the footsteps of the greats and I can fully buy into the hype train. Domenico Tedesco could also be an interesting one if he can win the Russian league and take Spartak deep in Europe.
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