The 2025-26 season is barely a month outdated and we have not solely already seen a handful of managers sacked, however not less than one in all them already discovered a brand new job. Legendary Portuguese supervisor Jose Mourinho parted methods with Fenerbahce after their Champions League playoff elimination towards Benfica, however then the identical Portuguese membership employed him and introduced the “Particular One” again to his nation greater than 20 years after he received the Champions League with Porto. Former Manchester United coach Erik ten Hag was sacked after two Bundesliga matches by Bayer Leverkusen, who employed former Danish nationwide crew coach Kasper Hjulmand to start out a brand new chapter on the membership. And on Saturday West Ha, fired Graham Potter after a fully horrible begin to the season. As jobs change palms, there are nonetheless many managers around the globe who’re ready for a brand new crew. Let’s rank the highest ten.
10. Erik ten Hag
The previous Manchester United coach had a brief and disappointing spell in Germany the place he was employed to switch Xabi Alonso this summer time at Bayer Leverkusen. Nonetheless, issues did not work out in any respect between the Dutch coach and the German crew that determined to sack him after his first two Bundesliga matches and employed Hjulmand as the brand new head coach through the first Worldwide break. Nonetheless, stories point out that Ten Hag is already trying round for a brand new membership the place he can repeat what he he did at Ajax, the place he reached an unforgettable Champions League last through the 2018-19 season.
9. Sergio Conceicao,
The previous Porto and AC Milan supervisor is now in search of a brand new crew after he coached within the Italian Serie A, main the Rossoneri final season from December to Might, reaching the Coppa Italia last, a loss to Bologna, and successful the Supercoppa Italiana within the last towards Inter in his first week in cost. After leaving Porto, the place he managed from 2017 to 2024, he is now in search of one other long-term challenge, and stays free regardless of some curiosity in the summertime. Conceicao proved his standing as a supervisor additionally in his brief spell in Milan, and regardless of the disappointing finish of the season, he could be an excellent selection for some golf equipment that want a coach like him.
8. Edin Terzic
The 2024 Champions League finalist left Borussia Dortmund one month after reaching the ultimate with the identical German membership, a 3-0 loss to Actual Madrid at Wembley. Terzic had some golf equipment desirous about him over the previous 12 months, corresponding to AS Roma and AC Milan, and likewise checked out some alternatives in the summertime of 2025. Nonetheless, he is nonetheless out there and able to show he can repeat what he did at Dortmund when he joined in December 2020 to switch Lucien Favre.
7. Thiago Motta
The previous Juventus supervisor was sacked by the Bianconeri final March and changed by Igor Tudor on the Italian membership’s bench. Motta, who beforehand introduced Bologna to a historic Champions League qualification, was sacked after a disappointing spell at Juventus, the place he wasn’t in a position to replicate the success and the sensation with the fanbase, however he is a confirmed coach who can do nicely in lots of leagues round Europe. It is no coincidence that even Nasser Al-Khelaifi as soon as thought-about him a possible candidate for the PSG job. Now, nonetheless, he should begin over at a brand new membership, the place he has the possibility to develop and return to the extent he beforehand confirmed at Bologna and Spezia earlier in his teaching profession.
6. Xavi
The previous Barcelona legend remains to be and not using a job after leaving the Spanish giants on the finish of the 2023-24 season, after managing the Blaugrana for 2 and a half seasons. Xavi proved to be a proficient coach, however it’s additionally tough to foretell the place he may work sooner or later, as he was all the time related, not less than in Europe, to Barcelona earlier than shifting to Qatar, the place he ended his skilled profession at Al-Sadd earlier than beginning his teaching profession in the identical crew.
5. Nuno Espirito Santo
The Portuguese head coach was fired by Nottingham Forest proper in the course of the worldwide break and was changed by former Tottenham coach Ange Postecoglou, who got here again to the Premier League just a few months after successful the UEFA Europa League with Spurs. Espirito Santo is a supervisor who would undoubtedly be an asset for golf equipment that want to reshape their standing within the league, but in addition in Europe, as he left Forest primarily due to his damaged work relationship with membership proprietor Evangelos Marinakis.
4. Gareth Southgate
The previous England supervisor remains to be in search of a brand new job after he determined to depart the Three Lions in the summertime of 2024, after shedding a second UEFA Euro last in a row towards Spain. Southgate, who led England from 2016 to 2024, was in a position to restore the successful mentality within the crew and reached two finals in a row on the Euros, however wasn’t in a position to carry again a trophy to England regardless of a roster filled with proficient gamers. It will likely be attention-grabbing to see how he’ll carry out if a membership calls him within the subsequent few months.
3. Roberto Mancini
One of the skilled managers round is in search of a brand new membership. The Italian coach, who additionally received the 2020 UEFA Euro within the last towards England at Wembley, will now search for a brand new membership after the disappointing expertise as Saudi Arabia supervisor after he left his job on the Italian nationwide crew in the summertime of 2023. It is tough to think about the place he’ll coach subsequent, as he may additionally watch for the summer time 2026, when the World Cup will likely be over, to take cost of one other nationwide crew.
2. Luciano Spalletti
After successful the 2022-23 Scudetto with Napoli, Spalletti was appointed by the Italian FA to educate the Italian nationwide crew, however the Italian coach failed in his mission, and after the disappointing 2024 UEFA Euro spell and the 3-0 defeat towards Norway within the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, he was fired by the identical federation that employed him two years earlier than. Chatting with the Italian public television in August, Spalletti spoke concerning the disappointment he is presently dwelling after shedding the Italy job.
“What occurred does not go away and by no means will. I’m a person who does issues primarily based on emotions, not on pursuits. With the nationwide crew, I skilled the feeling of being in paradise. I gave it my all,” he mentioned.
1. Zinedine Zidane
And lastly, Zinedine Zidane. The French supervisor has solely coached Actual Madrid up to now in his profession, from 2016 to 2018, when he received three Champions Leagues in a row (the one supervisor to take action) after which from 2019 to 2021. After virtually 5 years of ready for the correct alternative, his largest expectation is about on the summer time of 2026, when Didier Deschamps will step down as head coach of the French nationwide crew after the World Cup. He hopes to succeed him and take cost of the crew he as soon as represented as a participant, the identical crew with which he lifted the 1998 World Cup.
