The best manager in international football? Have your say ahead of Klopp debut

It takes a unique kind of boss to excel on the international stage, and very often the best managers in the world have chosen the club game as their traditional home.

But with the first international break upon us we've got some landmark moments coming up, notably Jurgen Klopp's debut as Germany boss. It could be a match made in heaven and the former Liverpool boss is among the biggest names to enter the international arena in recent years.

He'll encounter new challenges, the obvious one being it tests individuals and demands that they work with what they've got. There's no transfer window to fill holes. Time to get pragmatic.

But often the countries who have managed to lure the biggest names into the dugout have prospered as a result. Spain are the only side in the modern era to win three international tournaments on the trot, largely overseen by a Champions League winner in Vicente Del Bosque.

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England felt for a long time that they had one of the best in the business in Thomas Tuchel, but that's been called into question over recent months.

The domestic game has paused for the first time this season with England facing world champions Spain this weekend at Wembley. The Spanish have excelled with their man, Luis de la Fuente, who would've been in no one's conversation as the world's best manager, and yet look what he's done.

So with that in mind, who really is the best manager in the international game? Is it the manager who's done it and won trophies? Or those who've conquered Europe with a heavyweight club. Have your say as we eye up the runners and riders.

England's messiah, seen as the difference maker, and at times at the World Cup you definitely though "yeah this is why we hired him". The win over Mexico was a sensational backs against the wall job, an all-time great success, but then the Argentina game saw Tuchel come in for huge criticism.

His club exploits mark him out as one of the best around, winning the Champions League with Chelsea in 2021, and his defensive system does lend itself to the international game. Tuchel doesn't lack for charisma and whilst his CV is better than most, he does have to again prove himself in light of England's semi-final exit.

Those in his homeland have wanted the former Borussia Dortmund boss to take charge of Germany for years. This is his first managerial gig post Liverpool, where he showed himself to be one of the world's elite managers as he battled it out with Pep Guardiola.

Of course, as mentioned earlier, Klopp cannot go into the market and land the players that suit the style of play that has served him well previously. But as the German showed at Liverpool, he didn't need long and was able to secure statement results within weeks of arriving, when he had to work with what he inherited. Germany don't lack quality, even if they aren't the heavyweights they once were.

Going by the fact that only three men in history have won the World Cup and the Euros back-to-back, its clearly a tough task. De la Fuente joined greats Vicente Del Bosque and Helmut Schon by winning the two tournaments in the space of two years, knocking over some serious teams and managers along the way.

By no means a man in demand before his Spanish exploits, he comes across as the perfect manager for international football. His progression through the age grades in Spain has made him the perfect man to lean into their possession-based DNA. He's brilliantly managed the emergence of Lamine Yamal and always looks like a man in total control.

Don Carlo decided to throw himself into international management for the first time recently. His club legacy is secured and he's taken on a glamour job with Brazil, even if the South Americans aren't perhaps the force of old. Their wait for a World Cup is now up to 24 years and Ancelotti is the best manager they've had since that success in 2002.

However a last 16 exit at the hands of Norway suggests its not as easy as it may sometimes look, even for Ancelotti, who was ultimately undone by Erling Haaland and Stale Solbakken, a man who lasted 30 games at Wolves.

Ancelotti's greatest assets have always been working with what he's got, creating the right environment and a system that lends itself to the players he has at his disposal. He's no clear managerial DNA, but whatever he's done has worked for two plus decades.

Another man, like De la Fuente, who would have had no major clubs chasing his signature before his Argentina exploits, and yet he won three international tournaments on the trot, reaching four finals. Now without Lionel Messi, we may well see what he is actually made of.

But plenty of managers have had the greatest player of all time, but been unable to create the perfect environment for him. Scaloni did exactly that, and has certainly leant into those South American dark arts, all while sprinkling it with that Argentine quality.

Maybe not considered among the top bracket post his Manchester City stint, but the manner in which he took Italy to the Euro 2020 title underlined his quality. He ultimately proved he was a level, at least, above Gareth Southgate as he turned that final on its head to secure glory for the Azzurri.

That was also an Italy team far from lacking in individual quality, none of their outfield players at least would go near winning individual accolades, bar perhaps Jorginho at the time. Mancini's ability to rally the collective and create a team was truly outstanding, and now he'll have another bite at the cherry.

New to the fray like Klopp, but only Ancelotti has more Champions League crowns than the Frenchman, who has been desperate to get his hands on the Les Blues gig for years. His gravitas and stature has always made commanding a dressing room his greatest asset. When you're arguably the don in a Real Madrid changing room, you know you're a big deal.

That aura will continue to stand him in good stead when he takes charge of France, who with one major honour in a decade-long golden generation, may feel slightly shortchanged. The question against Zizou is he's always had elite Real starts to work with, out of that environment, how will he go? It must be said, he's still got his fair share of elite players.