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LONDON. — Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce has warned there could be no English soccer managers in the Premier League “very shortly” if current trends continue.

Only three of this season’s 20 Premier League clubs now have English bosses.

“We train our guys pretty well, we educate them very well, but they just need a chance,” Allardyce told BBC Radio 5 live’s Sportsweek.

“It always goes to what seems a sexier version than we are. That is, a foreign coach, which I think is a great shame.”

Following the dismissals of Tim Sherwood and Steve McClaren at relegated Aston Villa and Newcastle respectively earlier in the season, plus Garry Monk at Swansea, Allardyce, Alan Pardew and Eddie Howe are the only current English managers in the top flight.

“It is not just us three English and I think six British in total, it’s all the younger managers striving to get at this level, they have got no chance of getting there,” Allardyce (61) insisted. — BBC Sport.