Tony Mowbray has admitted that he wants to face Manchester City's Pep Guardiola to show that you do not need a 'sexy foreign manager' to be successful.
Mowbray's Blackburn Rovers side currently sit second in the Championship table as they push for promotion to the Premier League — and meetings with City and other big clubs.
Speaking ahead of Rovers' clash with Luton Town, Mowbray told the club's media: "I want to manage against Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp and prove you don't have to be a sexy foreign manager to achieve.