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Nuno Espirito Santo said it was a "privilege" to be the only black manager currently in charge of a Premier League club when he was appointed at West Ham at the start of November.

He told the BBC: "I think there are a lot of black managers with talent that can soon be involved in the Premier League. Many [black coaches] are going to have good seasons, they're going to be available."

Nuno added that it was "always necessary to call people's attention" to the under-representation of coaches from ethnic minorities, but he does not believe discrimination is a factor in the recruitment of managers.

However, football's new independent regulator has been called to "address the bias" by the co-founder of Black Footballers Partnership, Delroy Corinaldi. There are other people in t

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