The 2025/26 Premier League season has had its fair share of managerial turnover, as clubs scramble to salvage their campaigns, stabilise dressing rooms or appease impatient fans.
The changes have had significant repercussions, so read on as we analyse whether they have positively or negatively impacted the team.
Chelsea
Chelsea inexplicably pulled the plug on Enzo Maresca’s promising time at Stamford Bridge after disagreements with the club’s hierarchy.
The Italian tactician guided the club to two titles last season, and they were on track to continue their success before they sacked him.
In comes Liam Rosenior, who is unbeaten in five Premier League games despite crashing out of the League Cup with a whimper.
The Englishman has made a positive impression, but his young squad faces a fight to qualify for the Champions League. The jury is still out on the 41-year-old’s appointment.
Manchester United
A few days after Chelsea dismissed Maresca, rivals Manchester United parted ways with Ruben Amorim, a few months too late.
The Portuguese manager had sunk the club to new lows during his tenure, but somehow received more than enough time to turn things around.
Man Utd appointed former midfield general Michael Carrick as interim manager.
He has led the Red Devils to four wins and a draw, on course for one of the best managerial starts in Premier League history. He has put the club back in the conversation for a Champions League spot.
There is every reason for optimism at Old Trafford, with many people urging the club to hand him the permanent job already. If he can keep them in the top four, it should be his for the taking.
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest chairman Evangelos Marinakis is learning that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.
He was quick to dismiss Nuno Espirito Santo when results weren’t going their way before hiring his compatriot, Ange Postecoglou.
The latter did not win any Premier League matches during his short-lived tenure before Forest went in the very opposite direction, appointing Sean Dyche.
Dyche’s ultra-pragmatic style of play has failed to lift the Tricky Trees out of trouble. He lasted just 114 days.
The outlook is grim for Forest as they prepare to hire their fourth manager of the season. Avoiding relegation this season would be nothing short of a miracle.
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur thought it a good idea to appoint Thomas Frank as manager, and unsurprisingly realised it was not a good fit eight months later.
The Dane leaves Spurs dangerously close to the relegation zone, and whoever comes in faces a fight to galvanise this unit into the top half.
The options on the table are as uninspiring as they come, with names like Jermain Defoe and Robbie Keane throwing their hat in the ring for the job.
Nostalgia merchants want Mauricio Pochettino back, but he is tied to the United States until after the World Cup.
Roberto De Zerbi is not keen on jumping into the job and wants a sabbatical after leaving Marseille.
Managerless Tottenham are in a deep mess that they need to navigate expertly, or it could further derail their already sabotaged season.
West Ham United
It seems like ages ago since the poignantly uncharismatic Graham Potter left West Ham United’s dugout after failing to inspire the team.
West Ham brought in Nuno following his departure from Forest, and he is slowly but surely steering the Hammers towards safety.
They are still 18th and three points away from safety, but Nuno will be relishing the opportunity to pull his former side, Forest (17th), down and leap above them.
West Ham have lost only one of their last six games and will hope to capitalise on this momentum to battle their way out of the bottom three.
