Is Premiership Management lost in translation? - The newly appointed Tottenham Manager, Juande Ramos has caused quite a stir in the media recently, since joining the London club. There are ongoing debates of whether mastery of the host language is essential for a manager at a top club and as this is his first English club, it seems he has not yet got to grips with the language resulting in the use of an Interpreter.
English football and more predominantly the FA Premier League has seen a dramatic influx of foreign players and managers within the clubs. One of the main reasons for this being, the large injection of money it has received through sponsorship and the greatly profitable television deals. The TV rights auction in 2007 generated £1.