Cameron Smith
Ange Postecoglou, Ruben Amorim
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The 2024-25 campaign has once again seen a host of managers sacked across world football as clubs strive to achieve the best possible results.
In fact, a number of high-profile head coaches, in particular, have endured torrid seasons and will be aiming for things to improve next year.
Below, FootballTransfers runs through the five worst managers of the season in Europe.
Ruben Amorim (Man Utd)
Ruben Amorim nearly escaped an inclusion thanks to his impressive start to the campaign at Sporting CP, but his time at Manchester United has been so below par that he just worked his way in.
The Red Devils have enjoyed a successful Europa League campaign, and will face Tottenham Hotspur in the final for a place in the 2025-26 Champions League, however their form under Amorim in the Premier League has been shocking.
Over €1.7 billion has been spent on new signings over the past decade, yet Man Utd could finish the season in 17th place. Amorim has only won six of his 25 league games in charge, at the time of writing, with three of those coming against teams who have been relegated back to the Championship, and failure to win the Europa League should have him fearing the sack.
Ruben Amorim, Man Utd
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Ange Postecoglou (Tottenham)
Tottenham are in an almost identical situation to Man Utd - they’ve had an abhorrent season in the Premier League, yet they will qualify for next year’s Champions League if they win the Europa League final.
Regardless of that, Ange Postecoglou is lucky to still be in a job and it’s embarrassing that a team with such financial backing will finish the season just outside the relegation zone.
Spurs are toothless in attack, torrid at the back and lacking any real identity. Postecoglou may well save his job if they win the Europa League, but it has still been an awful campaign.
Thiago Motta (Juventus)
Thiago Motta was regarded as one of the top coaches in European football last summer, after guiding Bologna to Champions League qualification, and he was chosen as the man to replace Massimiliano Allegri at Juventus.
Big things were expected of Motta in Turin, but he was a major disappointment and he was eventually sacked in March.
Results weren’t entirely bad, with 18 wins, 16 draws and eight losses during his time in charge, but his style of football was innately boring and he was effectively forced out of the club amid fan unrest.
Nuri Sahin (Borussia Dortmund)
After leaving his role as Antalyaspor head coach to become Borussia Dortmund’s assistant manager in late 2023, Nuri Sahin was selected as the club’s permanent replacement for Edin Terzic last summer.
However, he lasted just seven months in the Signal Iduna Park dugout following a disappointing start to the campaign.
Sahin only won 12 of his 27 matches in charge of Dortmund and he was sacked in January after four consecutive losses, with the club down in 10th place in the Bundesliga table.
Nuri Sahin, Borussia Dortmund
© IMAGO - Nuri Sahin, Borussia Dortmund
Ivan Juric (Roma/Southampton)
Ivan Juric has endured a season to forget. After guiding Torino to a ninth-place finish in Serie A last year, he was appointed as Roma’s new manager, although his time in the Italian capital was a disaster.
He was sacked after just 12 games in charge, with the club languishing down in 12th place in the Serie A table after losing four of his final five league matches at the helm. Claudio Ranieri has since catapulted them into Champions League contention.
Juric was then surprisingly hired as Southampton’s replacement for Russell Martin in December. He won just two of 16 games in charge and after their relegation was confirmed in early April, he left by mutual consent. Juric’s win rate of 12.5% is the worst of any permanent Southampton manager in history.
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