The most influential football managers ever

Sir Alex Ferguson had a profound influence on the game over the course of more than two decades as Manchester United manager (Image credit: Alamy)

Away from the touchline, Ralf Rangnick was a highly influential director of football at RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg (Image credit: Alamy)

Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest in 1976 (Image credit: Alamy)

Guy Roux coached Auxerre for 39 consecutive years from 1961 to 2000 (Image credit: Alamy)

Bill Shankly won three First Division titles, two FA Cups and a UEFA Cup in charge of Liverpool (Image credit: Alamy)

Sir Matt Busby in 1968, the penultimate year of his near quarter-of-a-century first spell as Manchester United boss (Image credit: Alamy)

Vittorio Pozzo also coached Torino and Milan (Image credit: Alamy)

Jose Mourinho steered Chelsea to Premier League glory in both of his spells in the Stamford Bridge dugout, doing the treble with Inter in between (Image credit: Alamy)

Herbert Chapman at Arsenal in 1932 (Image credit: Alamy)

Helenio Herrera (pictured at Inter during the 1973/74 season) also managed, among others, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, and the Spain and Italy national teams (Image credit: Alamy)

Valeriy Lobanovskyi coached the Soviet Union to the final of Euro 1988 (Image credit: Getty Images)

When his managerial abilities were questioned due to his never having played professionally, Arrigo Sacchi famously said: "I never realised that in order to become a jockey, you have to have been a horse first" (Image credit: Alamy)

Arsene Wenger led Arsenal to three Premier League titles, including in the Gunners' 2003/04 unbeaten 'Invincibles' campaign (Image credit: Alamy)

Between 2009 and 2018, Pep Guardiola won seven league titles in three countries: three with Barcelona, three with Bayern Munich, and his first with Manchester City (Image credit: Alamy)

Rinus Michels delivered the Netherlands first major trophy at Euro 1988, during his third spell in charge of the Oranje (Image credit: Alamy)

Sir Alex Ferguson's honours as Manchester United boss include 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups and two Champions League crowns (Image credit: Alamy)

Johan Cruyff oversaw Barcelona's first Champions League triumph in the 1991/92 season (Image credit: Alamy)