Vote! Who's the best-ever overseas Premier League manager?

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Who's the finest foreign gaffer?

Precisely 50 foreign managers (not counting our friends from Ireland) have been employed at the top level of English football. Some even won things. But who's the overseas overlord? You decide by voting this lot up – or down...  

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