One of the most common football debates fans around the world have often revolves around who the best manager in the game is.

After all, how do you decide what makes one coach better than another one?

Different clubs with different budgets, ambitions and ultimately, players, can make it hard to compare certain coaches against each other.

However, one of most prestigious media outlets in the land have had a go at creating a list of the top 50 managers in the world right now.

L'Equipe asked 33 of their editorial staff members to vote and the results certainly make for interesting reading.

Despite the Premier League's struggles in the Champions League over recent years, there are four managers that make the top ten and one has even been labelled as the best in the world.

Perhaps surprisingly, after an inconsistent season at the Etihad, Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola tops the list ahead of Antonio Conte in second and Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone in third.

Jose Mourinho is in at number five while Jurgen Klopp (10) and Mauricio Pochettino (12) are the Premier League's other high flyers.

Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger is down at 20 behind the likes of Claudio Ranieri, Marcelo Bielsa and Lucien Favre. L'Equipe cited the Arsenal manager's 13-year title drought as one of the main reasons why he is lower down than some might expect.

It makes worrying reading for British coaches, with Wales boss Chris Coleman the highest placed manager all the way down at 45. Just two places further back is Bournemouth's Eddie Howe.

Here is the top 20:

1. Pep Guardiola (Man City)
2. Antonio Conte (Chelsea)
3. Diego Simeone (Atletico)
4. Carlo Ancelotti (Bayern)
5. Jose Mourinho (Man Utd)
6. Max Allegri (Juventus)
7. Joachim Low (Germany)
8. Zinedine Zidane (Madrid)
9. Leonardo Jardim (Monaco)
10. Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)
11. Didier Deschamps (France)
12. Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham)
13. Luis Enrique (Barcelona)
14. Jorge Sampaoli (Argentina/Sevilla)
15. Unai Emery (PSG)
16. Marcelo Bielsa (Unemployed)
17. Lucien Favre (Nice)
18. Claudio Ranieri (Unemployed)
19. Fernando Santos (Portugal)
20. Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)