The best football managers out of work
Being a football manager can be bruising for one’s ego.
When results are good and confidence high, it’s the best job on the face of the earth. But things can turn ugly pretty swiftly and the coach is the first to be turfed out when performances start to go awry.
That’s a reality even some of the world’s best managers have to accept, with a number of elite coaches currently out of work for a myriad of reasons. Whether it’s outdated tactics, public outbursts or just bad luck, getting back on the ladder isn’t always straightforward.
With that in mind, here are the 20 best managers currently out of work.
Lampard has struggled in the Premier League / Visionhaus/GettyImages
Gattuso hasn’t been as good a manager as he was player / Stuart Franklin/GettyImages
Cooper is still loved by Nottingham Forest supporters / James Baylis – AMA/GettyImages
Favre has plenty of experience / UWE KRAFT/GettyImages
Things went downhill quickly for Garcia at Napoli / Francesco Pecoraro/GettyImages
Fischer is still adored at Union Berlin / Lars Baron/GettyImages
Benitez was sacked by Celta Vigo / Mateo Villalba/GettyImages
Kovac hasn’t stayed anywhere too long / Cathrin Mueller/GettyImages
Low was in charge of Germany for so long / Alex Grimm/GettyImages
West Ham have been touted with interest in Lopetegui / Malcolm Couzens/GettyImages
Moyes achieved great things with West Ham / Alex Davidson/GettyImages
The former Chelsea boss is a free agent / NicolĂČ Campo/GettyImages
Potter has been linked with jobs across Europe / Visionhaus/GettyImages
Allegri was dismissed by Juventus despite Coppa Italia glory / Image Photo Agency/GettyImages
Conte has already interested a number of clubs / Andrea Staccioli/GettyImages
It didn’t work out for Flick with Germany / Stuart Franklin/GettyImages
Jose Mourinho is no longer Roma boss / Jonathan Moscrop/GettyImages
De Zerbi will leave Brighton at the end of the season / Justin Setterfield/GettyImages
Tuchel’s time at Bayern has been underwhelming / Markus Gilliar – GES Sportfoto/GettyImages
Zinedine Zidane is still out of work / Power Sport Images/GettyImages
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