Managerial Merry Go Round

Newcastle United yesterday announced the sacking of Caretaker Manager John Carver. The 50 year old was let go by the club along with his assistant Steve Stone, with their now being a vacancy for the managers job on Tyneside it seems only a matter of time before ex Derby County …

West Ham have announced Slaven Bilic as their new manager. The 46 year old returns to Upton Park on a 3 year contract. So it seems as if West Ham have finally got their man, or shall I say a man.

Fiorentina have sacked head coach Vincenzo Montella and accused him of a “lack of respect”. Montella, 40, had two years to run on his contract but has been linked with Napoli and AC Milan  after guiding Fiorentina to fourth in Serie A. Officials acted after accusing Montella of a lack …

Disappointment for West Ham fans this morning as they will wake up to the news that Unai Emery has signed a 2 year contract extension with Sevilla. It seems as if the Premier League wasn’t a strong enough pull to get Emery to leave the Europa League winners who will …

It’s been a while since we (well I) updated the movement on the Managerial Merry Go Round, so lets see who has gone where and who is still left sitting on the carousel. Real Madrid – They have announced that Rafa Benitez will be in charge, the ex Napoli Manager …

It has been reported that Carlo Ancelotti is set to have talks with A.C. Milan Chief Executive Adriano Galliani with a view to returning to the San Siro and taking charge of the sleeping Italian giants. The situation has come about due to the fact current Manager Filippo Inzaghi has …

News has just been announced that Rafa Benitez is to leave Napoli at the end of the week this definitely raises his chances of going to Real Madrid and taking over from compatriot Carlo Ancelotti. With this the Napoli vacancy now becomes open with people such as Roberto Di Matteo …

Another day and another managerial departure, it would be unfair to say casualty as this man went under his own volition but Dick Advocaat has announced he is to leave Sunderland with immediate effect. The Dutchman who managed to secure Premier League survival for The Black Cats just last Wednesday …

So after Ancelotti, Allardyce, Bilic, Clough, Di Matteo and McClaren have all left their clubs in the past two days you can now be set to add Slavisa Jokanovic to the list as his contract is set to expire at Watford without being renewed. The sticking point seems to be …

Roberto Di Matteo has resigned as manager of German side Schalke after seven and a half months in charge. Former Chelsea boss Di Matteo, 44, took over in October 2014 and steered the Bundesliga side from 11th to third. But defeat by strugglers Hamburg on Saturday left Schalke with two …