Wenger, Mourinho, Pochettino and more: Premier League managers 2015/16 in Panini stickers

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Sam Long13 August 2015

Premier League managers weren't always the slick suited up sideline stalking coaches that we see today.

All 20 men that are currently in charge of one of England's top-flight clubs started their love affairs with the beautiful game as players.

They learnt their trade and put the hard yards in on the pitch before completing their coaching badges and making the transition into the pressure cooker that is the modern day dug out.

The game may well be bordering on unrecognisable when compared to the one that many managers entered into decades ago but, fortunately, their Old School Panini sticker photographs have been frozen in time.

So we have all got the opportunity to look back and pore over Tony Pulis as a youngster, marvel at Jose Mourinho's thousand mile stare and applaud Tim Sherwood's teenage swagger.

There are some appalling haircuts on show, from bowl cut to the just-got-out-of-bed-look, but here they are in all their glory.

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