Five young managers to watch out for in 2017/2018

#2 Marcelo Gallardo - River Plate

Marcelo Gallardo’s confidence has filtered through his time at River Plate

The most successful manager in River Plate’s history on the international stage - and that’s something given their extraordinary history. A legend at the club in his playing days, he would return after one year with Nacional in Uruguay where he won a league title in his only season in charge. His confidence and calculated methods would eventually be brought back to Argentina and with River, where he has not looked back.

Gallardo has particularly excelled on the International stage, bringing home the Copa Sudamericana once and then two Recopa Sudamericana titles. The Copa Libertadores win in 2015 was undoubtedly his crowing moment however and his methods have proved revolutionary.

Europe no doubt beckons for the coach.