Beacon Of Hope For English Managers

Redknapp feels Howe can blaze a trail for home-grown talent after League Cup feat

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Newcastle United's League Cup final triumph over Liverpool was not only a landmark moment for the club, but also a throwback to a time when English managers regularly stocked up the trophy cabinets of the country's top clubs.

Eddie Howe still has a long way to go to emulate the likes of Bob Paisley, Brian Clough, Howard Kendall and Bobby Robson, and remains something of an anomaly in the Premier League where only two of the 20 current managers are English. The other is Graham Potter of West Ham United.

But, in becoming the first home coach to win one of the top domestic honours since 2008, Howe's feat is a shot in the arm for English coaches plying their trade in the lower leagues.

Londoner Harry Redknapp, who won the 2008 FA Cup for Portsmouth and took Tottenham Hotspur into the Champions League for the first time, hopes Howe's rise changes perceptions but laments the lack of homegrown managers.