The English Premier League has hosted some the best football managers worldwide since its inception 16 years ago. It continues to attract the top names today, as proven by Luis Scolari's appointment at Chelsea.
Yet who have been the best managers in the Premier League overall?
In part two of my series looking at the glory years of the English Premier League, I offer my opinion on who has made the biggest impact. You may or may not agree—feel free to leave your own views as to who the best Premier League managers are.
Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United
There can be no doubt that Fergie will go down as one of the greatest ever football managers. From his success with Aberdeen in breaking the Rangers and Celtic monopoly in Scottish football in the 1980's to his phenomenal success with Man Utd, Fergie is a true managerial great.
It didn't seem that way at first, though—in his first season at Man Utd in 1986, fans were calling for him to be sacked after a disappointing league campaign. Thankfully, the Man Utd board were made of stern stuff and supported Fergie.
They were rewarded in spades when Fergie's Man Utd side started winning silverware like it was going out of fashion. Beginning with the FA Cup in 1990, Fergie led Man Utd to the European Cup Winners Cup the following season and then the League Cup in 1992.
He finally got his hands on the Premier League title in the 1992-93 season and hasn't looked back since. The wonderful treble-winning season in 1999, when Man Utd won the Champion's League, Premiership and FA Cup and last season's double has cemented Fergie's reputation as a world-class manager.
Arsene Wenger, Arsenal
The second-longest serving manager in the Premier League behind Ferguson, Arsene Wenger has shown that you can build great teams without spending hundreds of millions.
Sure, he has spent big in the past, but Wenger is better known for his ability to take raw talent and turn them into mature superstars. Just one look at the players he's nurtured over the years attests to his managerial skills.
Who else would have seen Thierry Henry's potential as one of the game's most lethal strikers when he was being wasted as a winger at Juventus? Or the undoubted class of teenager Cesc Fabregas when he was in the Barcelona reserves?
Wenger hasn't been short in the success stakes when it comes to silverware either. He won the Premier League in only his second season, and did the double of the Premiership title and the FA Cup in 2001-02.
Although his last major successes with Arsenal were the Premier League title in 2003-04 and the FA Cup in 2005, there's no doubting that Wenger is currently building a young team capable of challenging on all fronts for many years to come.
Harry Redknapp, Portsmouth
One of the most-loved managers in the game, and possibly the best manager never to lead the English national team, Redknapp is currently enjoying a late career bloom.
Famous for leading little Bournemouth to victory over Man Utd in the FA Cup, Redknapp's greatest achievement came last season when he led Portsmouth to FA Cup glory.
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