Since the start of the last Premier League season, Nottingham Forest have fired three managers and one of them was fired in part because one of the men that Forest fired had brought West Ham hot upon their relegation-threatened heels.
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This is Premier League management, and these changes will happen again and again — Only four active Premier League managers entered this season having been in their job for more than three years.
Manchester United and Chelsea both removed their managers in the first week of 2026. Wolves also made a manager switch this season, hiring Rob Edwards after parting ways with Vitor Pereira in November, as a quarter of the league has changed bosses since Week 1. So did Tottenham Hotspur, firing Thomas Frank the same day that Forest fired Sean Dyche.
Let's take a run through the men who have hopped on the Premier League managerial roller coaster.
Premier League managers by tenure
- Pep Guardiola, Manchester City — July 1, 2016
- Mikel Arteta, Arsenal — December 22, 2019
- Marco Silva, Fulham — July 1, 2021
- Eddie Howe, Newcastle United — November 8, 2021
- Unai Emery, Aston Villa — November 1, 2022
- Andoni Iraola, Bournemouth — June 19, 2023
- Daniel Farke, Leeds United — July 4, 2023
- Oliver Glasner, Crystal Palace — February 19, 2024
- Arne Slot, Liverpool — June 1, 2024
- Regis Le Bris, Sunderland — July 1, 2024
- Fabian Hurzeler, Brighton & Hove Albion — July 2, 2024
- Scott Parker, Burnley — July 5, 2024
- David Moyes, Everton — January 11, 2025
- Keith Andrews, Brentford — June 27, 2025
- Nuno Espirito Santo, West Ham United — September 27, 2025
- Rob Edwards, Wolverhampton Wanderers— November 12, 2025
- Liam Rosenior, Chelsea — January 6, 2026
- Michael Carrick (interim manager), Manchester United — January 13, 2025
- Tottenham Hotspur - vacant since firing of Thomas Frank on February 11, 2025
- Nottingham Forest - vacant since firing of Sean Dyche on February 11, 2025
Who was the longest-tenured Premier League manager?
It's difficult to imagine anyone doing the job longer than the legend who lasted nearly 10,000 days.
Sir Alex Ferguson was in charge of Manchester United from November 6, 1986 to June 1, 2023, a span of 9,704 days that are unlikely to be replicated by anyone else.
Arsene Wenger's Arsenal tenure runs second, and he's actually managed more PL games than Ferguson due to the date of the schedule's expansion. Wenger has managed 828 games, 18 more than Ferguson.
Who has managed the most Premier League clubs?
Sam Allardyce has run nine clubs, each once.
Roy Hodgson and Mark Hughes have managed six different clubs.
Steve Bruce, Harry Redknapp, and Alan Pardew are next with five.
List of Premier League title-winning managers
- Alex Ferguson, Manchester United — 13 titles
- Pep Guardiola, Manchester City — 6
- Jose Mourinho, Chelsea — 3
- Arsene Wenger, Arsenal — 3
- Kenny Dalglish, Blackburn Rovers — 1
- Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea — 1
- Roberto Mancini, Manchester City — 1
- Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City — 1
- Claudio Ranieri, Leicester City — 1
- Antonio Conte, Chelsea — 1
- Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool — 1
- Arne Slot, Liverpool — 1