Maybe we should sign managers and coaches in the mould of the much admired Germans, such as Nietzsche or Heidegger? Or the Dutch master, Kierkegaard?
I appreciate that many fans and indeed the board may not wish to repeat this disasterous French experiment, but I wouldn't discount the highly regarded Jean-Paul Sartre.
Or take a different direction and look to emulate the successes achieved in the Greek tradition They won the Euros once. I am thinking here of men such as Plato, Aristotle, or even take a punt on the promising Socrates?