If someone asked you to rank Premier League managers, retired and active – whether you like him or not, Sir Alex Ferguson should be at the top. Second, at lowest. However, one of the most aged managers in the game placed the incredible Scot in fourth place.Neil Warnock has recently celebrated his 1,602nd game in charge, breaking the record for the most matches managed in England. Having such unprecedented experience, it gives credit to Warnock to analyze the ranking a bit differently.Despite winning 13 Premier League titles and his incredible 27-year reign at Old Trafford, Ferguson found himself fourth on Warnock’s list.Arsene Wenger: I should have left Arsenal way back in 2007How is it possible for the the most-decorated manager in Premier League history to not be at the top? Well, the 72-year-old Warnock claimed that three other managers have brought more to the Premier League than Fergie.’Since the Premier League started if I was picking my top five managers… I would pick Arsene Wenger as the No 1,’ Warnock told talkSPORT.’Only because he changed the whole outlook on modern footballers. He brought so many things in that had never been thought of.’The nutritionist, the fitness guys, video, technology. He changed the whole course of it when he came into the Premier League.'(Pep) Guardiola would be second, his influence on the parks and the lower down leagues has been fantastic.Record-breaker Warnock has overseen 1,601 games in 40 years in dugouts for 16 clubs – and won no trophies’I would put [Jurgen] Klopp third because I think he’s just beginning and he will get even better.’But his outlook and everything he has done at the club and the future with the kids – I think he has got another 10 years coming forward.’So I think he’s third at the minute, but could easily be No 1 in a couple of years.’Fourth, I would probably go with Sir Alex [Ferguson] just in front of Jose Mourinho because he has done it for longer.’I just think he was in an era where it was all about man-management, it wasn’t down to all the backroom staff, and Sir Alex was probably the best at that.'[He] deals with the media at the most difficult times, but I would still put him No 5.’The wealthiest club has decided: Eddie Howe is the new Newcastle managerWarnock, who was sacked by Middlesbrough last weekend, has managed 14 different league clubs during his 41-year career – Scarborough, Notts County, Torquay, Huddersfield, Plymouth, Oldham, Bury, Sheffield United, Crystal Palace, QPR, Leeds, Rotherham, Cardiff and Middlesbrough.Warnock boasts one of the most decorated CVs in the game. Among his achievements, alongside his record total of games, is his eight promotions to the higher rank of English football – a figure unmatched by any other manager.Conte’s way: no ketchup and mayonnaise, more fruit and tips about sex activitiesOpposed to him, Ferguson has won a record 13 Premier League titles, a figure which no other manager even comes close to.Wenger, Guardiola and Mourinho have won three titles each – 10 less than Fergie’s mark – at Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea respectively.Klopp, who Warnock also rates above Ferguson, has only won one title with Liverpool.
