Stating a preference for an English manager of the England football team is - obviously - not “borderline racist” or any other such nonsense, lest the sentiment be born of some weird footballing xenophobia: the conviction that only a suited tactician born within these isles might also harness the true spirit of the bulldog and baked beans.
Still, in the world of reason, succession planning for the possible departure of England’s second-most successful men’s manager of all-time has opened an interesting conversation. In an ideal world, every country on Earth would be managed by one of their own.
