And that evidence is what? The ironic thing being here England's most dominant period ever was the 80's, and if it wasn't for Heysel it would have been pretty much a decade of European domination for English clubs. Playing "kick and rush" with mainly British managers and British players. He arrived in England in 2016? Who was responsible for the impact in the 16 years previous. You can watch Sky Sports PL with games from the 90's and 00's and teams play out from the back, just not as frequently, but its always happened. The biggest change to English football was development in grass technology so everyone in the 92 pretty much has a good pitch. That started far before Pep was about.