Who will be next manager to be sacked?

It took some time for the Premier League’s manager merry-go-round to kick into gear last season, with Sheffield United’s Paul Heckingbottom the first to receive his marching orders on 5 December.

In 2022/23, 16 managers either left or lost their jobs. What will it be in 2024/25?

A growing impatience at the highest level means new bosses have far less time to win supporters and hierarchical figures over, while stingy financial rules and the monster payouts required to part ways with managers possibly meant fewer clubs were keen to pull the trigger last season.

Thus, just five clubs head into the new campaign with alternate figureheads at the helm.

However, while last season somewhat bucked the trend of hasty managerial exits, 2023/24 will likely emerge as a mere anomaly. Every manager’s situation is different, especially regarding the new arrivals; some are undoubtedly under more pressure than others heading into 2024/25.

Here’s how 90min ranks the Premier League sack race.

Arne Slot may well have the toughest job in the game right now as he succeeds Jurgen Klopp at Anfield.

Expectations must be tempered for the arriving Dutchman and only the eternally optimistic believe Slot is capable of coming close to what Klopp achieved on Merseyside, let alone replicating it.

But hey, it took Klopp several years to return Liverpool to Europe’s top table.

Slot enters the job having briefly turned Feyenoord into the Eredivisie’s dominant force. There are ideological similarities with Klopp, but distinct differences, too.

Installing his ideas in such a demanding environment will take time and, while Slot will feel the heat right away, Liverpool will surely give the Dutchman a season to settle and lay the foundations for life without their charismatic German.

Newcastle’s determination to keep Eddie Howe amid links to the England job suggests the club want the Englishman to lead the Magpies for the long haul.

However, Howe enters 2024/25 off the back of a mightily disappointing season – albeit one hampered by a never-ending injury crisis.

Still, given the squad at his disposal and what they achieved two seasons ago, there is pressure on Howe to have Newcastle competing for a top-four berth again next term. The Magpies finished eight points adrift of fourth-placed Aston Villa in seventh last time out.

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