Liam Manning was given his break in English football by MK Dons after almost a decade working with youth players at Ipswich and West Ham.
The 38-year-old, who also coached in the USA and Belgium, has since guided Oxford into the League One promotion race and joined Bristol City almost two weeks ago to add his name to an ever-increasing band of fresh-faced head coaches in the Championship.
Liam Sweeting is sporting director at MK Dons and attributes the current trend for appointing ex-Premier League youth coaches to three key factors.

BIG BREAK: Liam Manning got his EFL shot at MK Dons

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