By taking charge of a Champions League game with Chelsea, Graham Potter highlighted England's manager shortage

Graham Potter took charge of a Champions League game with Chelsea last week. He is one of eight English managers to manage a team in the competition. Bobby Robson, Harry Redknapp, Frank Lampard, Howard Wilkinson, Ray Harford and Craig Shakespeare are the other Englishmen to have managed a side in Europe's premier football competition during the Champions' League era. They have mostly managed only a handful of games each. Wilkinson was the first Englishman to take charge in 1992. Rayharford managed Blackburn Rovers. Robsion is the most successful of the bunch, managing three clubs in three countries in Champions'.

Graham Potter's Champions League game with Chelsea highlighted England's manager shortage. St George's Park was built to nurture the next generation of homegrown coaches and managers. Steve Cooper's first managerial jobs were with England’s Under 16s, then 17s and Swansea. Cooper twice made the Championship play-offs at Swansea and Nottingham Forest.

There is a manager shortage in England. Graham Potter is taking charge of a Champions League game with Chelsea. Eddie Howe was the cream of the crop for his work at Bournemouth. Gary O'Neil would be at astronomical odds to manage in the Champions league any time soon. Steven Gerrard could lead Aston Villa into the top four, but they are struggling. Nottingham Forest are second-bottom despite a summer spending spree.