Who are the next generation of ELITE managers? | Three Up Front

Since Sir Alex Ferguson left the Premier League, Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp have been the two dominant forces in English football. As Jurgen says auf wiedersehen and speculation rises around Pep’s future, the lack of an obvious successor is apparent.
In this week’s episode Simon, Graeme and Troy will be taking a look at which managers are next in line to take over from the best in the game. Whether that be up-and-coming talents like Mikel Arteta and Xabi Alonso, established veterans like Unai Emery and Thomas Tuchel or wildcards like Zinedine Zidane.
They will also explore the characteristics that define an ‘elite’ manager, whilst discussing the reputation of British coaches and their lack of success at the top end of the Premier League table.
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00:00 Start
01:00 The next generation of elite managers
05:30 Arteta / Xabi Alonso
09:34 Unai Emery / Zinedine Zidane / Tuchel
14:49 Why are British managers so far down the pecking order?
20:30 Conte / Mourinho & Aggressive management
31:00 Managers or coaches in 2024
34:37 Emery / Alonso / Zidane to make the step up?
35:58 Southgate back in club football?

[@antidumbcomments]

Simon Jordan went from dissing KZbinrs to becoming a KZbinr. Life oh life!

[@murzdell3087]

😁😁😁😁😁

[@chrisanastasiou7456]

What Simon says at 19:23 about Arteta going to Everton is just not true at all. He has literally done that exact said thing at Arsenal, with different circumstances and financial backing of course, but still the main point stands. I don't think anyone other than Arsenal fans realise how much of rut our club was in when Emery got sacked and Arteta took over. The attendance in Emery's final game tells the story of how truly bad it was at the time. Arteta slowly had to purge out all the bad seeds at the club and has had to set foundations in slowly to completely rebuild the club. I'm not saying Arteta can go to any struggling club in the world and replicate what he's done at Arsenal, but his ultimate mission was to get us back challenging for titles again and he has done that and that itself should be highly regarded.

[@L.Drizzle]

Troy Deeney trying to look hard claiming he was working 22 hours a day, only for it to get lost amongst a tangent 😂

[@parryoyakhire6568]

Xabi Alonso would find it very difficult competing against Pep. Arteta is elite for going toe to toe with the best manager in the world

[@Contextualiser16-tn8nd]

No chance. Arteta's the biggest spending manager itw since being appointed. Won zilch with his own squad - average at best

[@lowrider995]

​@Contextualiser16-tn8nd Silly comment. The turnaround needed the spending but you still have to buy the right players and create the right culture. So many teams spent money and are nowhere near competing.

[@adampeacock7992]

Eddie Howe is elite. The job he did with Bournemouth and his pursuit of excellence and impact at Newcastle is next level

[@andyhendy]

Jordan will never say anything good about Howe. He dislikes Howe as a person and hates Newcastle so There is no way he'll ever say anything positive about Howe. Ever. What Howe did at Bournemouth was staggering and then taking Newcastle from bottom of the league to Champions League in 12 months was ignored by the media and especially by people like Jordan.

[@Tarek_ElMaddah]

Simon’s next interviews should be with 1- Thomas Tuchel 2- Antonio Conte 3- Arsene Wenger Let’s see how he fares in these interviews.

[@YWNAKLOPP]

Simon Jordan is unparalleled in his role; he fearlessly asks the tough questions

[@roypaul4104]

Simon the Hitman Jordan

[@brono7777]

Yeah ask John Terry and bridgegate

[@davidt510]

except when he's talking to John Terry... Never mentioned the Wayne Bridge situation and skirted around the Anton Ferdinand situation as well.

[@Hello-hellowearethebillyboys]

Big Troy always sounds like he has a cold.

[@roypaul4104]

Like he's pinching his nose when talking!

[@johnathanjones9785]

Needs to be on a lemsip advert

[@user-pq5rj4yi3u]

Like he needs to lay off the whiff the night before

[@katongoali7505]

Best winning streak in the history of La Liga: 16 games (shared with Pep Guardiola)[326] Most consecutive away wins in the history of La Liga: 13 games[327] Manager with the lowest number of defeats after 100 games (in Spanish football): 8 losses[328] Manager with most trophies after 100 games (in Spanish football): 7 titles[329] Longest unbeaten run in Real Madrid history: 40 games[330] Longest unbeaten run in Spanish football: 40 games[330] First French manager, except the French-Argentinian Helenio Herrera, to win UEFA Champions League: 2015-16[331] Longest scoring run (all major competitions) in European football: 73 games[332] Only manager in history to win two consecutive UEFA Champions League trophies in its modern format: 2015-16, 2016-17[333] Only manager to win three consecutive European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals: 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18[334] Only manager in Real Madrid history to win four trophies in one season[335] Only manager in Real Madrid history to win the UEFA Super Cup twice[336] First manager to win two consecutive UEFA Super Cup titles since Arrigo Sacchi[335] Quickest manager in the history of the Top 5 Leagues to win 7 titles with a single club: 19 months[337] Quickest manager in the history of the Top 5 Leagues to win 8 titles with a single club: 23 months[338] Quickest manager in history to be named FIFA Football Coach of the Year: 653 days[337] Most The Best FIFA Football Coach awards: 3 in total[339] Only person in history to win the Onze d'Or award as a player and as a manager[340] Only person in history to win FIFA's Player of the Year award and Coach of the Year award[341] Only person in history to win the IFFHS award as the best playmaker and as a manager[342] Only person in history to win the FIFA Club World Cup trophy successively as a manager[343] Only manager in Real Madrid history to win five trophies in a calendar year[344] Only person in history to win the FIFA Club World Cup/Intercontinental Cup twice as a player and twice as a manager[345] Only person in history to be named French Player of the Year twice and French Manager of the Year twice[346] Highest score for a manager winning the IFFHS World's Best Club Coach award: 326 points[342] First manager to reach three consecutive UEFA Champions League finals since Marcello Lippi: 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18[

[@Tommyshlug]

'The next city manager will succeed.' 'Why?' 'Because they've got great players.' 'Ok.' Scintillating

[@SpectorLikeHarvey]

These discussions are good, keep them within an hour unlike what we're seeing elsewhere and this is easily gold

[@kapokia]

Great show guys

[@captaincluster316]

Another good episode 👍. I’d like to learn more about the priority process in signing new players - is talent the #1 requirement, or work ethic or mental toughness?

[@darrenmasters638]

Love the banter great chemistry between the three guys

[@markvincent5241]

Great stuff guys

[@lewyevans757]

Brilliant, a longer episode

[@jape7588]

great stuff

[@user-lr7xw1zk5i]

Fantastic show

[@D-DayBill]

the stare Souness gives Simon when he takes the mick out of his managerial career is priceless

[@rickylovesyou]

I think you should be setting proper parameters for "elite coach". A successful coach doesnt necessarily mean an elite one, and sometimes they do go hand in hand. Im my humble opinion i think if a coach has his team in and amongst it consistently and has a real understanding of tactics and a gameplan, and/or can adapt to more expensive opposition, and shows can consistent progression, that would fall under elite.

[@luca99191]

Bring back the interviews

[@bigduphusaj162]

... is a nice way of saying get rid of Deeney the wet lettuce

[@luca99191]

@@bigduphusaj162 nah, I’m happy for this show to be here but they should still keep Simon’s interview. They can easily do two shows a week

[@UpFrontWithSimonJordan]

Don’t worry, Up Front hasn’t gone anywhere. Stay tuned for another episode later this month.

[@dootwoot]

@@UpFrontWithSimonJordan thanks but get rid of deeney and add gabby

[@LHBH8]

@@dootwootWhat next, add Clinton Morrison?

[@user-si3rc4ut8s]

My one stop shop if I want a football take on anything. A player, an owner, a manager. All angles covered. They know their onions.

[@moluther2826]

They don't. Especially Simon, he's just a professional contrarian

[@user-si3rc4ut8s]

@@moluther2826 with respect I disagree. When you look at the layout and the direction of travel of the pundit sector, and price in the characters that are in it, I think you’re left with a very different picture.

[@L.Drizzle]

@user-si3rc4ut8s This was a phenomenal impression. Sounds so Jordan, but isn't a direct quote. Kudos to you, sir.

[@mikesmith1485]

Do more interviews....this format has been done better by others and is done to death.

[@scotteaglen4872]

Simon Jordan - ELITE Graeme Souness - ELITE Troy Deeney - Championship level footballer with a permanent cold

[@dootwoot]

Haha yes how have I just seen this for the first time he DOES always have a cold 😂

[@mansnotbot4160]

I'm sorry, how does owning a Championship club, for the most part, make one elite. He and Troy operated at the same level in their respective fields.

[@freddielizzard5467]

Deeney couldn't last more than a few weeks managing objectively the worst professional football club in the country.

[@user-pm8uc5dc3e]

Columbian flu?

[@Cynthia20043]

Racist

[@adeshas83]

Great set of pundits. Love Troy Deeney!!!

[@naztheone2100]

Love your show guys, keep it up! Such big opinionated personalities, something that is diminishing nowadays.

[@mustsilm]

Xabi Alonso for sure

[@PALACEKAV]

Glasner at Palace,marriage made in heaven,Simon......

[@Amnesia.]

100 views in an hour.. The Troy Deeney effect.

[@lfcspectre4335]

Sir Simon & Souness = Top LADS Proper Clobbers 💯 Facts and Troy

[@GamerFrisco]

Sir LFC Spectre, Sir Simon Jordan & Graeme Souness = top LADS Proper Clobbers 💯 Facts 👌

[@lfcspectre4335]

@@GamerFrisco Sir GamerFrisco = Top LAD Proper Clobber 💯 Facts

[@sammybeck4855]

Sir GamerFrisco and Sir Spectre = Top LADS Proper Clobber

[@sammybeck4855]

Sir Spectre and Sir Simon = Top LADS Proper Clobber

[@lfcspectre4335]

@@sammybeck4855 Sir Sammy Beck = Top LAD Proper Clobber 💯 Facts

[@toluwani10]

brilliant lineup owner , manager, player

[@fahadal-thani1386]

Another question is ownership and how it has changed. Clubs who’s owners have other major commitments stretches their hemispheric approach towards their club. In recruitment or commercial services and identity and politics which at times puts the clubs as a mere part of a larger scheme of events

[@leons.7518]

How do you not mention Eddie Howe when talking British Managers? The highest placed British manager the last two seasons.

[@lawrencekingyt]

These are very hard to watch. Bring back a new interview every thursday

[@fullspeedaheadbarcelona6502]

Well don’t watch then.

[@lawrencekingyt]

@fullspeedaheadbarcelona6502 I'm a fan of the channel I just want to see interviews come back as do many others

[@philipezra8671]

Such a typical internet comment🤦‍♂️ I watch every week but it’s hard to watch 😂

[@lawrencekingyt]

@philipezra8671 the one on one Interviews i watch every week yes they are fantastic. These 3 up fronts are hard to watch

[@davidg5305]

​​@@lawrencekingytWhat makes them hard to watch???? I find it very easy to watch. 3 football men talking about football.... It isn't hard. An owner, A world class footballer, and a standard footballer from a slightly lower level. You've got the perfect mix for insight.

[@fahadal-thani1386]

Just like players managers need confidence and there is a fine line between accountability and lack of confidence by the questions put forth. I believe with the modern increase of levels of administrative personnel the management or the coach is the easiest scapegoat. Another point is there is only a handful of clubs who can win the major trophies and if one cannot manage an elite club they are evidently less likely to be an elite manager.

[@VarunRedDevil-ru9vc]

unai emery has been a manager since 2006 how is he part of the new gen??

[@user-ob4wo9po2y]

😂

[@ilpmuRk]

He was already elite when he went to Villa. 4 EL trophies, 3 in a row is outstanding

[@DonDee019]

he’s the new gen because he dies his hair black

[@artetaDagoat]

Because...good ebening

[@philhousby]

what souness says about zidane, not taking a job with at a smaller club, can be thrown at pep...... yet pep is an elite manager?

[@zaidahmed9527]

Exactly...and Zidane has won la liga and 3 UCLs.... Even pep just about won 3 UCLs....

[@alandunne2728]

Hypocrisy. All you'd expect from people that smell their own farts

[@philipezra8671]

Pep has changed football as we know it.

[@De3dSh0t]

​@@zaidahmed95272 La Ligas, people forget he also coached a Madrid team in transition in the 2020 season and won all 9 cup finals throughout his time at the club. Sure he had a great team for most of his run but he also won a lot.

[@zaidahmed9527]

@@De3dSh0t agreed...pundits are just rubbish these days..

[@briannakisisa5636]

You have to give credit to Arteta, Most of the players he has now weren't "good enough" players to help Arsenal compete, he changed that by getting rid of the so called "best players" at the time in Auba and Ozil and retaining the "not so good" players, look at them now, I say he's the model manager and Coach, am still pissed off about Ramsdale but at this point, let him(Arteta) cook.

[@fionacavalier]

I like this trio

[@abdulrahim-tb6fp]

isn't Eddie Howe a British manager in a top half team in the Premiere League....🤔

[@fergusmurphy3724]

What’s with the breaks? There’s no adverts🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️just looks daft

[@davidsangale2563]

I would suggest if, 3 upfront Martin O’Neil & Paul Ince

[@docca123]

unai emery - taking villa to multiple league titles and champions leagues - it's already written in the stars

[@iBunZz360]

The disrespect to Eddie Howe is unreal

[@Yewchewb]

Overrated relegation pro

[@markwoods1504]

Liverpool have the business model of a transfer committee and a Director of Football !!!!!!

[@CatGPT_]

this is basically the overlap reserves team

[@ericengleby265]

Surely Howe could well come under this bracket

[@Stretcharmstrong_]

Not a single mention

[@ericengleby265]

@@Stretcharmstrong_ the smuggery and snobbery is farcical amongst these 🤡🤡

[@user-nf4yv8xk4z]

Howe is nowhere near that level

[@ericengleby265]

@@user-nf4yv8xk4z What is an Elite manager someone who has had a bottomless pit to spend like people mentioned?? Or Howe who worked miracles getting Newcastle to the Champions league with so many bang average players. Also a guy who makes players better??

[@charlottecobb1823]

took bournemouth from the bottom of league 2 to the Premiership

[@SM-mz2hz]

22 hours a day?

[@lubatawo]

Simon actually goes easy on "his mates" lol.

[@josephhall5136]

Its hard for any manager in the Premier league to become elite by the standards of winning things because of thee most elite manager in pep. The most you can hope for at the minute is to get close to them.

[@matthewsmith6051]

Three Up Front drinking challenge: do a shot every time you hear the word ‘pivot’, see if you can make it to the end of the show without requiring a stomach pump.

[@charliespeary2503]

What about Howe?

[@Onlyme.n.u]

How do you rate Brendon Roger and Big Ange guys?

[@chrisprepper]

As if you said David Moyes is the only British manager not working at the bottom , Eddie Howe doing a great job at Newcastle

[@user-xe7hr3ld8z]

Gary O'Neil Thomas frank are both very much capable ❤

[@cbarclay99]

The flaw in Souness' claim that success occurs when decisions are made by 'football people' is that he only considers the cases when the football people are successful - Wenger, Ferguson. He does not consider the times when 'football people' mismanage clubs, buy bad players and bankrupt clubs.

[@azdownunder]

Graeme’s face at 9:22 😂

[@user-ob4wo9po2y]

Because Jordan made a stupid comment as usual

[@azdownunder]

Stupid or truthful?

[@user-lr7xw1zk5i]

THats true the structure doesnt quite work. Arteta started aas a coach and very swiftly Arsenal made him a manager because he had to be able to call the shots

[@parthdave1545]

My favourite moment was when Simon Jordan thought he had a brainwave with the whole Statistics vs Facts argument. Stats are literally just a way to represent the facts. They're codependent.

[@shozltn2376]

Arteta is the next pep

[@Contextualiser16-tn8nd]

Minus the trophies

[@kunaalsoni261]

Turn the microphones off

[@naseibonsu8120]

Arteta, Alonso!

[@Contextualiser16-tn8nd]

Why is Legohead being mentioned in the same breath as Alonso?

[@asherlevin1762]

How does Alonso only get a 10 second mention?

[@matthewjamison]

Troy! Again? Fs

[@user-pm8uc5dc3e]

Emery is ELITE!

[@Sui_Generis0]

😂😂😂 thought this was a skit. These 3 discussing who is the next elite manager writes itself

[@johnathanjones9785]

It’s really not working this bring back upfront with Simon jordan.

[@user-lr7xw1zk5i]

Arteta can do a job at EVERTON Pep im not so sure 👍

[@TheBodeYouKnow]

I suppose there is a reason why Kompany can get relegated with Burnley and land a job at Bayern, while Dyche isn’t even top 50 on such a list. Dyche at City? Come on

[@BG-ef8sk]

Gary O’Neil

[@user-pm8uc5dc3e]

Tuchel needs a smaller club where he can get complete control

[@mrkaosboxinguk1054]

He’s won nothing outside of a FA cup so Arteta has won something so tells you how Simon perceives Arteta which is from a negative 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Veer_tales]

Greame says whoever follows after Pep is guaranteed success But wrong reason It's because of money and power

[@Jpr-et5zt]

Who the f. Put Dyche in contention😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@andrewg3768]

This notion that Liverpool hasn't spent money is BS, Net Spend is BS as well.. Liverpool sold Philippe Continho for like £142 million ponds so add that to their Net Spend and so their spending goes up.quite a lot and without that they probably wouldn't have got Alisson or van Dijk and prices now are different to what they were in 2015 so if you are building a team now you ae generally going to more spending that one would started building their team in 2015 and has also sold good players since too so their outgoings is good too.

[@Johnnyboy19955]

Who let them cookkkkkkkk🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@brianroberts9376]

Does Troy have a constant cold?

[@jameswheaton2580]

Moyes, Mark Hughes, Potter, Hodgson, Southgate, Lampard & Gerrard. All British managers who have fairly recently been given a chance in the biggest jobs in the country. All (to different extents) have failed. They get the chance and don’t take it.

[@STST]

Kieran Mckenna

[@HeyButWhy]

If these views get any lower then youtube will demote them. A massive kick in the face for Jordan

[@Daniel-ug5rx]

Up front not 3 up front. Thank you

[@fergusmurphy3724]

Troy is so dense it’s unreal - where is Oodinay?!🤦‍♂️

[@GregOGrady84]

Simon really hates Eddie Howe doesnt he

[@Rossboy2112]

Emery has been around a while good cup manager not so much a league manager apart from PSG Arteta is the next Pep in my opinion iniola at a bigger club could do well Xavi Alonso will come to the premier league I think and I think he would be a great fit at Man Utd in the next 18 months 2 years it all depends on how much they have to spend and the situation at the club with the likes of O’Neil Dyche good manager but not a top 4 manager also if Man City are not on -30 points at the start of next season it’s disgusting in my opinion if they get off with the FFP case again but in my opinion Arteta is the up an coming elite manager in the premier league in my opinion I think pep will leave in the next few years once KDB Walker Stones and Silva leave they are a great team but the core of it is getting on in age

[@antoinettesanchez495]

Daniel Levy with Jose Mourinho or Conte too many conflicting personalitites in the same room

[@craigevans3958]

Get rid of deeney and bring in KEANO then you have a mega show

[@frankmcloughlin7076]

Keane wouldn't come on this, too small fry for him.....

[@Seb_Laz]

Pep overall spend 2.2B Klopp overall spend 2.16B I prefer not to speak.

[@andyhello23]

Its harder to create, then to destroy Its like when kroos is sold by real madrid, or just leaves, real madrid will not have that player that was most important in them winning all these champions leagues all this past decade, since barcelona cycle ended in 2015. Teams are more then just managers, but its upto to managers to understand how football works in terms of humans, and create a situation where there team can compete. The next city manager winning will depend on how he sees the players he has got, and can he redo them in his image of what a team is, and whether he can keep the cycle of winning going, or will it end with who ever that is. Winning cycles have many many factors, and every new generation of humans brings a new way of looking at things, and analysing based on there world view and intelligence.

[@deanrwatson]

Re Player power, and tail wagging the dog. - That is simply down to weak owners. If the Board, say (of the manager) "This is our Manager, we back them 100%" - Then it knee caps this sometimes toxic attitude you see at Clubs. No one is going against Klopp at Liverpool, they'd be gone. No one is going against Guardiola, or Arteta or in the past Wenger or Ferguson. The difference now, is Owners/Boards, do not back the manager.

[@joegugg4129]

I take Mourinho over Arteta twice on Sunday and we would see trophies and world class players that are specialists in one position not hybrids

[@geraldoketcho7306]

The kind of football played has passed Mourinho of this day.

[@michaezo339]

No english manager in the top half of the table? Im sorry does eddie howe not exist anymore?

[@hashgnome9326]

This looks like it was recorded in a dungeon. Why is everything so dark and gloomy? It looks depressing but then i listen to Deeney and realize it IS depressing.

[@Ohmydayys]

Do you think Graeme would downplay his own achievements if he’d have won what Pep and Zidane won? Not sure on his judgment he thinks there’s any elite managers there. Graeme Souness certainly wouldn’t win the league as man city manager

[@kianparmar9648]

Its hard for Sounness despite playing at highest level dont want to give credit to Pep, he is poisonious that cant digest Pep's success, he says player, Pep made the players that run for life on the pitch and i am sure with other manager, city wont have success as much as Pep. SO atleast have a gut to digest the guy is genius, and liverpool have spent when they wanted common now, how players have rejetced City, Virgil, Maguire, De jong, De ligt, ROnaldo, Messi, Jorginho, dmmbele, and more, and look how city ended with Rodri, no body knew him, Dias, talksport Alan braxzil said who is he, benardo, people took him left right and centre for hiscelebration as he was regular player Ake, Stone, Walker totenham did not wanted him, can you belive this... Akanji, Alvarez West ham rejects... and list goes on.... ENgland does not accepts good football, only Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal have right to win , SPent and even their manager wins 2 trophies they are legend... ou guys dont have balls, if pep would have taken this success in Spain or other country he would been in golden words but look in england... if this was not about football i would never watch you guys but my football passion makes me stick to as...holes like you

[@RicoTheUnknown]

A waste of 40 mins of my life! Waiting to hear about these upcoming managers. Mentioned Alonso for 5 seconds. Didn’t talk about Motta, Michel, Slot, etc. It’s obvious that these pundits only watch one league. Clueless!

[@adamkoz6358]

And don’t forget the time it took to write your comment 😂

[@RicoTheUnknown]

@@adamkoz6358 😂

[@williamjarrett9309]

Winning trophies vs who?

[@naseibonsu8120]

Simon needs to learn to let people finish their sentences before interrupting and cutting people off! Quite rude!

[@katongoali7505]

Put some respect on Zidane's name

[@rogerdavies2796]

Very ham

[@bradleynolan4088]

Shame about Troy deeney