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The sack race: Were this season’s Premier League managerial changes successes or failures?

The sack race: Were this season’s Premier League managerial changes successes or failures?

The 2020/21 campaign saw just four managerial changes but with Watford back in the Premier League that figure was always going to be surpassed this term.

As it was, Watford only employed three managers before seemingly accepting their fate and it is back down to the Championship for the Hornets.

But what of the other top-flight managerial appointments?

Planet Sport assesses all ten from 2021/22, starting with Claudio Ranieri.

Claudio Ranieri – replaced Xisco Munoz at Watford

Since the Pozzo family took over at Vicarage Road in 2012 there have been 15 managers at the club.

Xisco Munoz had got Watford promoted back to the Premier League but lasted just seven games in charge of the club in the top flight, leaving the club in 15th spot.

The man to replace him was Premier League-winning manager Claudio Ranieri.

However, Ranieri became the first name to be hired and fired this season, lasting only three months in charge of the Hertfordshire club.

Ranieri came with a big reputation but left with a whimper, as the club entered freefall, dropping into the relegation zone before his sacking. He won just two of 14 league games, with those being comprehensive victories over Man United (4-1) and Everton (5-2).

Points per game this season under Munoz: 1.00

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