"English managers are not winning," former England manager Steve McClaren told CNN, speaking before he lost his job as coach of Dutch club Twente this week.

"I've been working abroad in Germany and Holland where English coaches and English managers don't hold a great deal of respect in foreign countries.

"That started because there aren't many English players abroad, but that can be put down to the Premier League being the main attraction, and why should they move abroad if they can play in the top league?

"But for English coaches, where can they achieve success? Where can they get the opportunity to manage in the Premier League?

"The Championship is becoming very strong and full of English coaches. Then you have to think about moves abroad, a bit like the route which current England boss Roy Hodgson took.

"He was successful and won competitions in other countries. He knows what it takes to win and that's what chairmen want.

"They want winners, they want successful coaches with a pedigree of a winning. Roy has progressed on that."

While Scotland has provided some of the most successful managers including Alex Ferguson, Bill Shankly, Matt Busby and Kenny Dalglish, England has failed to replicate the achievements of its northern neighbor.

The English Football Association is trying to educate and bring through young coaches and managers with the opening of the country's National Football Center.

St. George's Park, which opened in October at the cost of $166 million, is seen as key to developing and nurturing homegrown talent both on and off the field.