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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has overlooked former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp and instead chosen David Moyes when picking his personal selection of the Premier League's most influential managers.
Klopp's nine-year tenure at Anfield delivered remarkable success, securing some of the club's greatest contemporary accomplishments. His silverware-filled period at Anfield featured a Premier League title, a Champions League triumph, an FA Cup, two EFL Cups, the Community Shield, a UEFA Super Cup, and a FIFA Club World Cup.
Throughout the 2019/20 season, Liverpool also established themselves as the fastest team to secure 30 wins in a campaign and missed the 100-point landmark by merely one point.
Arteta, who has been building his own managerial credentials at Arsenal since taking over from Unai Emery in 2019, has already claimed the FA Cup and two Community Shields.
Nevertheless, the Premier League title continues to elude him following two consecutive runner-up positions.
While Klopp has maintained a substantial influence in English football, Arteta's personal 'Mount Rushmore' emphasizes the managers who influenced him most profoundly or left a particular impression on his coaching path, and he gave special recognition to Everton manager Moyes.
During a Q&A session with Sky Sports, Arteta was asked about who would appear on his list of finest Premier League managers.
He said: "Well, for personal attachment, for sure Arsene Wenger and Pep [Guardiola] has to be there 100 per cent.
"David Moyes has to be there as well, for what he did at Everton and for what he did for me personally. And then, another, I think due to the history of the Premier League and taking the level of European competition from the English perspective to a different level, Sir Alex Ferguson."
Following his departure from Liverpool last summer, Klopp has confessed he misses 'nothing' about his previous existence as a manager. He revealed: "We enjoyed life, spent time with the grandkids, completely normal stuff, knowing I will work again. But knowing as well, that I don't want to work as a coach anymore.
"That's what I think," he continued, when questioned whether he would never manage again. "But you don't know. I'm 58.
"If I started again at 65, everybody will say, 'You said you'll never do it again!' Er, sorry, I thought 100 per cent (when I said it)! That is what I think now. I don't miss anything."
Liverpool return to Premier League action on Sunday, hosting Manchester United at Anfield, whilst Arsenal will travel to Fulham on Saturday evening. Just one point divides the two clubs at the summit of the table, with a tight title battle anticipated.
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