Ronald Koeman
In his playing career, he donned the shirts of the likes of Barcelona, Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord.
To say that you have played for these kind of teams is something special. His managerial career isn’t too shabby, either. As well as being involved in the management, as a coach and assistant of all of his former clubs he played for, Koeman has also gone onto manage Portuguese giants Benfica, Spanish outfit Valencia and Dutch side AZ Alkmaar.
Now the 51-year-old is working wonders with high flying Southampton, where the Saints are on course to book a place in next season’s Champions League. In all of his footballing life, Koeman has always known to play attractive, fast paced, counter attacking football, and it’s certainly working at St. Mary’s.
On the touchline, he is as cool as a cucumber, and personified in any post or pre match interview, less ruthless than Allardyce.
