It’s like a merry-go-round! Which coaches have been forced to change employers the most?

Coaching changes at Premier League clubs are an integral part of the best football league in the world. For some teams, there is a 100% certainty that there will be a change in managerial position on a fairly regular basis. However, there are also underdog coaches who have been sacked four times in the top English competition!

Really Special One?

No coach wants to be sacked before the end of their contract. Saying goodbye to a trophy won or maximising their ambitions is a dream come true for every one of them. However, these three coaches have had that goal dashed more than once.

Let’s start with the most famous. José Mourinho first sat on the Chelsea bench in the summer of 2004, causing another football revolution in England, picking up success with the Blues, but after three years came the ‘Mourinho crisis’. The tempestuous Portuguese returned to Stamford Bridge in 2013 after stints at Inter Milan and Real Madrid.

He brought instant success to the London outfit, but after two years the atmosphere at the club had thickened and Mourinho was packing his bags again. A similarly long engagement with the Red Devils followed, but here the three-time Premier League winner experienced a similar story to his second stint at Roman Abramovich’s club.

For now, Mourinho’s last (unsuccessful) stint in the Isles was at Spurs from November 2019 to March 2021.

Even a title didn’t prevent the end

The man who had to vacate the office at Stamford Bridge just for Mourinho. Claudio Ranieri is undoubtedly a quality coach, but in the new Chelsea era he had to quit after almost four years. He returned to England after eleven long years. And everyone knows the story – he won the title with Leicester City in the 2015/2016 season.

But the following season didn’t go to plan and the Italian manager ended up on the Foxes’ bench. Several clubs in Europe wanted to repeat Ranieri’s miracle, in English football it was Fulham and Watford. But neither club could bring the 70-year-old Italian out of the current crisis and at least spark a glimmer of hope for a better tomorrow.

Last but not least, we must not forget the English coach. Marc Hughes was the first strategist in the new era of Manchester City, but he was dismissed after the failed performances in the 2008/2009 season. This was followed by stints at Fulham, QPR, Stoke City and Southampton.

Only at the Cottagers did the former Welsh international fail to get a recall. Since December 2018, when he ended up on the Southampton bench, Hughes has been without a commitment.

source: SkySports, Transfermarkt