Ligue 1. Real Madrid. Andrea Pirlo. Serie A. Ronald Koeman. Lucien Favre. Frank de Boer. Gennaro Gattuso. SSC Napoli. Albert Celades. Dean Smith. Aston Villa. Paulo Fonseca. AS Roma. Rudi Garcia. Olympique Lyon. Mark van Bommel. VfL Wolfsburg. Jerzy Brzeczek. Mark Hughes. Bruno Labbadia. Setien's footballing philosophy falls right in line with Pep Guardiola's: possession-orientated, free-flowing and adaptable to the opponent.
Some of the performances his Real Betis side produced last season were right out of the sport's top drawer. Unfortunately for Setien, he ran aground in Seville because of a philosophical difference in how he viewed the game compared to how the fans did.
Betis fans wanted the ball played forward, faster, and lost patience during games with their team's relentless ball circulation—even if it conjured sensational passages of play at times.
Setien's position became untenable in the end, but with the right club-manager fit, he could produce something special in his next job. The word "eccentric" doesn't even begin to describe Spalletti; those who have worked with him and for him have often been simultaneously impressed and dumbfounded by his character. That has often translated into some fantastic football—most recently with Inter Milan, but with Zenit St. Petersburg and Roma before that too. The teams he constructs can be fantastic.
By and large, the work he does on the pitch is brilliant; it's perhaps off the pitch he can struggle at times. Asking him the wrong question—or the same question too many times—can sour his mood, and he's been seen beating his head against the desk in a press conference as a reporter rubbed him up the wrong way. Spalletti is volatile and explosive, but he's great.
At his happiest, he's one of the best around, but he despises sideshows and can be thrown off his game. Marcelino's sacking at Valencia earlier this season is one the least justifiable in recent history, with reports essentially suggesting the owner didn't like him because he Before leading Valencia to consecutive fourth-placed finishes in La Liga, plus landing them a Europa League semi-final against Arsenal, he got Villarreal promoted and secured three straight top-six finishes with them too.
Once Marcelino had swapped Villarreal for Valencia, we saw the former decline rapidly and the latter rise up. There's no doubt that wherever he goes, improvement follows. His patented formation favours grit in the centre and speed on the flanks, meaning there isn't a top European league it doesn't suit. Marcelino has developed good bonds with his players wherever he has been—so much so that when he was fired at Valencia, the players staged a mini-protest, per ESPN's Adriana Garcia.
It seems everything Rangnick touches turns to gold. He's football's greatest multitasker, often juggling two or three different responsibilities and somehow nailing them all. Last year he fulfilled the role of manager and sporting director at RB Leipzig, holding the fort before Julian Nagelsmann could take over. During that time he continued to operate an entire football club, taking care of its transfer business all while finishing third in the Bundesliga and constructing the league's best defence.
That was his second stint as manager of RB Leipzig, with the first coming in as he took the reins for one year, got them promoted and then handed them over to Ralph Hasenhuttl. He'd also previously finished runners-up with Schalke. Sheffield Wednesday tried to salvage the season with Pulis and failed, firing him after 10 games and only one win. While Pulis is still one of the more interesting names in the sport, and the ever-physically prepared year-old is ready for challenges, they are more likely to come in the Championship.
Unless a PL team gets desperate in the later stages of the season. It would just be wrong. Yet another manager who was recently sacked, as Borussia Dortmund fired the manager in December after lukewarm outcomes. Leading Borussia Dortmund for two and a half years, Favre was plain unmemorable. Often making casual football fans have to think really hard before remembering who was leading Marco Reus, Erling Haaland, Jadon Sancho and the rest. Not a good sign for a team looking to challenge for trophies.
In games, the year-old Swiss had a win ratio of Not to mention Peter Bosz and Peter Stoger who he followed. Thomas Tuchel has a slightly better win ratio at Now, BVB has replaced Favre with a completely inexperienced manager who worked as an assistant for another recently-sacked manager. Other than that, Borussia didn't hit gold with Favre and few expected too as he is not a big-risk, big-reward kinda coach.
His career showed that he is a sound choice for Europa League sides, but not more. Aged only 43, Marco Silva has one of the most wide-ranging careers out of all these managers free for hire in Starting in his home country with Estoril, quickly graduating to Sporting Lisbon before making a switch to Olympiacos, as so many of his countrymen and coaches mentioned here.
Having a First to Hull City for barely a half of a season, not managing to avoid relegation and resigning. Not after saying that he is leaving a rugby club, a remark pointed at the quality of the pitch.
Watford still gave him the chance for the following half-season before he too, was unsurprisingly for the Hornets - sacked. Having a win ratio of After finishing his first year eight-placed, the second one was a disaster and Silva was sacked when the team was 18th-placed despite heavy investment. Marcelino had the backing of the players, the fans, and the neutrals for what he was doing at Valencia. Yet, the owner Peter Lim is dragging Valencia to the bottom. If there was any doubt about his incompetence that reeks of bad-intent in September of , there is none after this summer.
Most of the players who issued public support for Marcelino at the time of his sacking have been pushed out of the club. The club that won its first trophy in 11 years with Marcelino in charge as Los Che defeated Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final in To a bonanza of its fans that was reported across Europe. Not to forget winning the individual prize for the best La Liga manager for the season prior.
So far, Marcelino hasn't left his home country Spain as a player or a manager and it might seem like it's time. With a lot of mid-table ambitious Premier League sides overlooking him.
Twice the manager of arguably the biggest footballing nation - Brazil, Dunga is yet to be given a chance in European football. Or to accept it at least. While his playing experience came mostly in his home country, with six seasons in Italy and two in the Bundesliga, Dunga has the pedigree and the communication ability to try himself out in the top five divisions.
His first Brazil stint came after the World Cup, being his first job ever as a manager. Resulting in a Copa America win over the favorized and hated Argentina. An Olympic Bronze Medal with Brazil wasn't enough the year later, while the Confederations Cup triumph in wasn't on the level of the Brazilians too. As the WC saw them exit in the quarter-finals, Dunga stepped down. After a brief stint at Internacional and the World Cup in which Brazil was humiliated at home-soil by Germany , Dunga picked up the hot potato.
He took the national side again and while at the start it looked good, Dunga's second stint saw Brazil fail at two Copa America competitions. Aged 57, the former World Cup winner as a player could set sails away from home and try himself out in Europe. One of the few, if not the only, young English talents on this list. Eddie Howe was living the dream with Bournemouth but once again showed that you either die a hero or live long to become the villain. Or in more moderate football terms - work long enough to become sacked.
Long-time AFC Bournemouth player started his managerial career with the club in , quickly after hanging up his boots. His first two games as the caretaker manager were defeats yet he got the full-time job and won the promotion to the third tier in the subsequent season.
Quickly after, a Championship side Burnley called and after nearly two years at the club and mediocre results, Howe left the club. He immediately returned to Bournemouth and started leading the club all the way up to the Premier League! In his second, almost eight years long era, Howe led the Cherries in games, having a win ratio of Howe was sacked in August as Bournemouth was relegated back to the Championship after five years.
Howe, who at one point was even considered for the England national team position, now has to start the next chapter of his career and is one of the favourites for a lot of clubs when their current manager loses his job. Not just a name that is really satisfying to say, Quique Sanchez Flores has had quite a rollercoaster of a career.
Return to Getafe and then a first stint at Watford followed in and , before Flores kinda settled at Espanyol. Yet, the Spaniard moved to China next, also for a quick job, before moving back to Watford, naively. He was once again sacked there after 12 games.
His longest stint remains his second ever job, that at Valencia where he had a win ratio of Yet, his CV is rare and should give him a few more chances at the big leagues. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Luciano Spalletti lucianospalletti. Two-time Serie A coach of the year, Luciano Spalletti is without a job since May of when he left Inter Milan following 90 games in which he did fairly ok. He didn't have the investments that Antonio Conte had, but he wasn't working with scraps and leftovers either.
Spalletti has had both a typical and a peculiar career for an Italian manager, because he led three teams twice, back to back. But also because he led the Russian giants Zenit St. Two times at Empoli at the start of his career, two stints at Sampdoria, and two at Venezia.
He also led Udinese twice, getting the plaudits in his second stint before moving to Roma. With the club from the capital, Spalletti won two cups and one Supercup, leading the team in games, getting a win ratio of A ratio he bettered at Zenit with goals in matches and a win ratio of A return to Roma followed for 75 games and his best win ratio of View this post on Instagram A post shared by Slaven Bilic?
Yet another manager who is without a job since fairly recently. Also, yet another manager who has been wrongly sacked. The charismatic Croatian manager has been leading West Bromwich Albion since the summer of and won the team the promotion back to the Premier League after two years.
Since the team wasn't doing great in the return season - but not terribly though - Bilic got the sack following a draw against the ruling champions Liverpool. Bilic is almost certain to get a job and quick because he is one of the few managers without a job that has that x factor of charisma. A rare trait that is needed for waking up struggling teams and avoiding relegation.
But he can rightfully aim for more as his man-management style can achieve more. His record of Bilic was rarely without a job and didn't have a problem moving around, managing in Russia, Turkey, England with West Ham, and then going to Al-Ittihad in the Saudi league. Possibly one of the men on this list of managers without contracts that have the smallest name value, yet his career has just started.
Working as an assistant for 20 years, the year-old got his first individual job at Benfica in , first for the B team and then for the big boys. Winning the league in the first season on the job and the Primeira's best coach award too! While the Portuguese Football Federation picked him as the men's coach of the year in , the same year Fernando Santos won the Nations League.
His second season started with a bang and a dismantling of Sporting Lisbon yet he fell into a slump of results and got the sack. Boasting a final record of 51 wins in 76 matches, Certainly the manager with the least amount of experience on this list of free managerial agents, Sylvinho has only 11 games as a manager. Having taken the job at Lyon in and recorded a win ratio of But that is not the only credential the Brazilian can lean on as he was appointed as the manager of the Brazil national under team ahead of the Summer Olympics.
Which didn't take place because of the pandemic. His more concrete credentials come from his time as Roberto Mancini's assistant at Inter and Tite's at the Brazil's national team. Yet, it's his playing time that has his agent convinced the year-old is destined for big achievements at this different task. It seems that the Italians dominate this list of free managers and Vincenzo Montella is one of the biggest names among them.
Primarily, his playing career is not that in the past and the prolific striker started ruining the idea that players from his position can't be successful managers. His managerial career started with 16 games as Roma's interim manager and a win ratio of Not even with his Hall of Fame status at the club.
But it was enough for Catania. Montella then got the nod of the Andalusians and joined Sevilla where he was kept for only 28 games. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Patrick Vieira officialpatrickvieira.
Yet another manager that was sacked in After being with Nice since June of In his first season at the French club, he led the club to a seventh-placed finish in the league, one place better than what the club had achieved in their previous campaign under Lucien Favre. But overall Vieira disappointed with a win ratio of Right until the French side started calling. Vieira had massive investments at his disposal at Nice, and not just for Ligue 1 level.
Yet, with his previous employment at Man City as the youth development executive, alongside his vast playing experience and renown, the year-old will not be among the unemployed managers for long.
Vieira has been naturally mentioned as one of the possible replacements for Arteta at his Arsenal, but some state that his lack of a clear philosophy cost him the job at Nice. A man who was seen as the next AC Milan manager. Everything was done, Ralf Rangnick would even arrive with Dominik Szoboszlai but the amazing results of Stefano Pioli have stopped the move.
Rangnick is considered as Germany's top talent authority, especially after being involved with the Red Bull football family. Rangnick led Hoffenheim up to their current mainstay of Bundesliga, starting from the third division. Hence, being an authority for prospects. One of the managers that are free to sign since recently, as he was suddenly sacked by Paris Saint-Germain in December. All while boasting a The Saints weren't half bad against Bayern too, as it was Kylian Mbappe and Neymar who fell short with amazing chances, not Tuchel's tactics.
But the German paid the price for his nature and the nature of the club where he was. Tuchel, who retired early from playing due to injury, recently stated that he felt like wasn't a coach but a minister of sports at PSG as the Qatari-owned club is so political and commercial. That he would much rather be just a manager and focus on tactics. So the sporting director Leonardo gave him that chance as the two never had a good relationship. Even though the manager won two titles, two cups, and two super cups.
Tuchel led BVB prior, winning the German cup, recording a win ratio of At PSG he had an even better goal ratio as the team dominated with goals scored, conceded, in games.
It's believed that the year-old Tuchel is now set on the Chelsea job as Frank Lampard is struggling at Stamford Bridge. In the first half of Max Allegri was often mentioned whenever a manager had his chair rocking. But since the Italian was adamant on his intention not to accept any offers mid-season, he has fallen off a bit in the pecking order.
But there are now two options for the Italian. PSG, as the sporting director Leonardo values him a lot, and Arsenal who was mentioned throughout but now Mikel Arteta is truly struggling. Allegri most famously led Juventus for five seasons, winning five titles, and leading them to two unsuccessful Champions League finals.
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