Scudamore believes some unpredictable events - such as Manchester City occupying a top-four place, has contributed to eight of the 20 clubs changing manager so far this season.

He hopes managers will continue to benefit from the English tradition for patience, at least when compared to the conditions their Italian and Spanish counterparts work under.

Scudamore told BBC Radio Five Live: "It does concern us a little bit.

"Having said that, we are somewhere at the extreme end of this.

"We have very low turnover - last season was particularly low.

"The continental system would seem to be 'turn the coaches over very frequently'. I don't want to see that here. I don't think it works.

"If you look at our two most successful clubs over the last 10 years they have created long-standing dynasties at Manchester United and Arsenal, and I think that stability does work."

Asked to explain why there had been so many changes, Scudamore added: "What it says is there is a whole lot of expectancy around at the beginning of the season and clearly a lot of disgruntled owners around, and that is the product of the league table looking quite odd.

"There are teams at the top that we weren't expecting, and there is a club in the top four (Manchester City) that people didn't expect to be in the top four."

Scudamore sees no problem with the presence of Arsenal, Manchester United, and Chelsea in the top three - reasoning the dominance of the biggest, richest clubs is not a new phenomenon.

"There is no escaping that there is a correlation between income and success, but it's about bucking that trend and it's about people playing above their fighting weight," he added.

"We're not escaping there's a link between money and success. That is modern football, and that's what has been going for 120 years."