Former Barcelona boss, 66, who managed Messi keen on job in England after visiting three Premier League clubs

QUIQUE SETIEN is keen to articulation the Premier League’s Spanish invasion.

Former Barcelona brag Setien, 66, made a whistle-stop circuit of the Prem and Championship earlier this period with managers hopeless for an audience.

Italian Enzo Maresca was truthful anxious to big Setien astatine Chelsea that helium prepared a video showing the manager which tactical tricks helium had copied from him.

Fellow Spaniard Julen Lopetegui opened the doors astatine West Ham portion Thomas Frank reached retired aft learning Setien would beryllium astatine 2 Brentford games.

And the respect does not halt there.

Any clubs funny successful speaking to the Spaniard volition beryllium blown distant by his references.

Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti, Diego Simeone, Xavi and Luis Enrique are conscionable a few.

Just implicit a twelvemonth aft leaving Villarreal, the erstwhile midfielder is acceptable for a caller challenge. So, did his travel tempt him to effort England?

Setien said: “Obviously. I person been retired for a twelvemonth and successful Spain I didn’t person the feeling.

“We travel each the Premier League. In Spain you ticker 1 oregon 2 teams connected TV, successful England we ticker each of them.

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“We came present past twelvemonth for 7 days but this week has been  a immense surprise. I fell successful emotion with people, the passion.

“The supporters are doing their champion and the crippled wasn’t exciting.”

There are already 5 Spanish Prem bosses and, aft the FA made Thomas Tuchel the caller England main having targeted Guardiola first, English football is wondering however different nations person mastered the improvement of coaches.

Setien believes English coaching whitethorn beryllium connected a akin people arsenic successful Spain... but it volition instrumentality time.

He said: “The notation for the best, similar Pep, is Johan Cruyff. He was the alteration of mentality.

“He changed the constituent of presumption of the athletics successful Spain, helium changed the mode to recognize football.

“Something was antithetic erstwhile Cruyff arrived, abruptly from that nine respective players spell to the nationalist squad and it began the process.

“It’s similar successful England, with Pep arriving. It changes the mentality but this is simply a process that takes years.

“It means astir apt the next  generation of English coaches and the teaching and learning process for the English coaches has begun successful the past years.”