With the Premier League fast approaching, meet the 20 managers who are set to lead their clubs in 2025/26.
Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
Mikel Arteta was appointed on 20 December 2019.
As a player, Arteta began his youth career at Barcelona before taking in spells at Paris Saint-Germain, Rangers and Real Sociedad.
His introduction to English football came during a loan spell at Everton in January 2005, before making the move to Goodison Park permanent six months later.
He moved to Arsenal in August 2011, where he was named club captain ahead of the 2014/15 season. The Spaniard won two FA Cups during his time with the Gunners, before retiring in 2016.
Arteta was appointed as an assistant coach at Manchester City in July 2016 working under manager Pep Guardiola, and was part of the coaching team that won the Premier League in 2017/18 with a record 100 points.
City became the first club in 10 seasons to retain the Premier League trophy a year later, while they also won two EFL Cups and one FA Cup during Arteta's time at the Etihad Stadium.
Arteta took charge of Arsenal midway through the 2019/20 season, replacing Unai Emery, and the Gunners finished eighth in a Premier League campaign that was suspended for 100 days due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The campaign ended on a high with victory in the FA Cup final and qualification for the UEFA Europa League.
After finishing fifth in 2021/22, Arsenal narrowly missed out on a first title since 2004 the following season, finishing five points behind Man City while returning to the UEFA Champions League.
The Gunners were even closer in 2023/24, finishing two points behind Man City with 89 points as they achieved a club-record 28 Premier League wins over the season.
Unai Emery (Aston Villa)
Unai Emery was named Villa head coach on 24 October 2022.
It is the second time he has taken charge of a Premier League club, having been head coach of Arsenal from May 2018 to November 2019.
As a player, Emery spent much of his career in the lower leagues, however, he did appear five times in LaLiga for Real Sociedad during the 1995/96 season.
A knee injury in 2004 would curtail his time on the pitch and following retirement, he would take charge of Lorca Deportiva in the Spanish third division.
After promotion to the second tier and narrowly missing out on a place in LaLiga, Emery would depart in 2006 and enjoy managerial spells with Valencia, Spartak Moscow and Sevilla, winning three successive Europa League titles with the latter.
More trophies followed during his two years in France with PSG, including Ligue 1 in 2017/18.
Emery took charge of Arsenal in 2018, with Arsene Wenger departing following 22 years in the dugout.
His time in north London would come to an end in November 2019 and Emery would take over at Villarreal in 2020, winning the Europa League again, this time with a penalty shootout victory over Manchester United.
He returned to the Premier League in October 2022, replacing Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa, who were 16th at the time.
Emery impressively led the club to a seventh-place finish and qualification for the UEFA Conference League.
His first full season in 2023/24 was even more of a triumph as Villa secured a fourth-place finish, qualifying for the Champions League for the first time. They also reached the Conference League semi-finals, bowing out to eventual winners Olympiacos.
Emery signed a new five-year contract at Villa Park on 27 May 2024, extending his deal with the club until 2029.
Andoni Iraola (AFC Bournemouth)
Andoni Iraola has been head coach of AFC Bournemouth since 19 June 2023.
The Spaniard was a defender during his playing career, being Athletic Club's first-choice right-back between 2003 and 2015.
Iraola made over 500 appearances for the Bilbao side, helping them reach the Copa del Rey (Spanish cup) final twice, as well as the Europa League final in 2012.
He went on to spend a single season with Major League Soccer (MLS) side New York City before retiring in 2016.
Iraola's first senior coaching appointment came two years later, with Cypriot side AEK Larnaca, before returning to Spain for a season with promoted club Mirandes.
He built the club a reputation as giant-killers, knocking Villarreal and Sevilla out of the Copa del Rey on their way to the semi-finals.
In August 2020, Iraola took charge of Rayo Vallecano, whom he guided back to LaLiga in his first season, and steered them to victories over Real Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla in the top flight.
He was appointed at AFC Bournemouth ahead of the 2023/24 season, replacing Gary O'Neil, and oversaw a successful first campaign.
Following a slow start in which Bournemouth failed to win any of their opening nine Premier League fixtures, Iraola's side went on to record their best ever Premier League points total of 48 at the time, finishing 12th.
Last season, he took Bournemouth to new heights again, steering them to a superb ninth-place finish and shattering their previous Premier League points record, with an impressive 56.
Keith Andrews (Brentford)
Keith Andrews joined Brentford's coaching staff last summer as a set-piece coach and was promoted internally to become their head coach since 27 June 2025.
The 44-year-old Irishman replaced Thomas Frank following his move to Tottenham Hotspur.
Andrews held roles as an assistant at MK Dons and with the Republic of Ireland’s senior and Under-21 teams prior to joining Brentford.
A former midfielder, he enjoyed a 16-year playing career that began at Wolverhampton Wanderers and included spells at Hull City, MK Dons, Blackburn Rovers, West Bromwich Albion, and Bolton Wanderers, as well as several loan stints across the English Football League (EFL).
Andrews earned 35 caps for the Republic of Ireland between 2008 and 2012 and featured in the squad at UEFA Euro 2012.
Fabian Hurzeler (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Fabian Hurzeler was appointed by Brighton & Hove Albion on 15 June 2024, the youngest head coach ever to take charge in the Premier League.
The 31-year-old replaced Roberto De Zerbi after the 2023/24 season and joined Brighton after a successful spell with German club St Pauli, who he guided them back to the Bundesliga for the first time since 2010/11.
Hurzeler was born in Houston, USA, on 26 February 1993 when Brighton were ninth in the fourth tier of the English football pyramid.
An aspiring young defensive midfielder, Hurzeler was in Bayern Munich’s reserve team before he moved into coaching at the age of 23, starting off as a player-manager at FC Pipinsried.
In 2020, Hurzeler was named as assistant coach at St Pauli and two years later, he replaced Timo Schultz to become the second-youngest head coach in German football's second tier.
Hurzeler won his first 10 league matches in charge, steering St Pauli away from the threat of relegation to a fifth-placed finish in 2022/23.
St Pauli were unbeaten in their opening 20 Bundesliga 2 matches in 2023/24, setting the foundation for the club’s promotion back to the top flight as champions after a 13-year absence.
In his first season in charge of Brighton, he guided them to an impressive eighth-place finish with 61 points, just one shy of their all-time Premier League best of 62, achieved in 2022/23 under De Zerbi when they finished sixth.
Scott Parker (Burnley)
Scott Parker is managing his third different Premier League team, having taken charge of Fulham and Bournemouth prior to his most recent club, Burnley.
Parker enjoyed a successful playing career with six Premier League clubs before going into coaching.
He made his professional debut in 1997 and went on to make 368 Premier League appearances for Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Newcastle United, West Ham United, Spurs and Fulham over 15 top-flight seasons.
Parker won the Football Writers' Player of the Year award while at West Ham in 2010/11, just before joining Spurs, and was voted England's Player of the Year by fans in February 2012.
He finished his career in 2017 at Craven Cottage, taking up a coaching role with Spurs’ Under-18s, before returning to Fulham to join Slavisa Jokanovic’s first-team staff.
When Jokanovic was replaced by Claudio Ranieri in November 2018, Parker was reunited with the man who signed him for Chelsea in 2003.
And when Ranieri departed in February 2019, Parker was installed as caretaker manager.
Parker was unable to prevent the Cottagers from being relegated from the Premier League, but he was named the permanent head coach in May 2019.
He guided Fulham back to the top flight at the first attempt and oversaw a victory over champions Liverpool at Anfield in March 2021, but his team eventually finished 18th.
Parker left Fulham to take charge of Championship side Bournemouth.
He led them back to the Premier League at his first attempt but oversaw less than a month of the 2022/23 top-flight campaign.
After three defeats from the opening four matches, culminating in a 9-0 loss to Liverpool, he left the Cherries at the end of August 2022.
He had a brief spell at Club Brugge, joining the Belgian champions in December 2022 but departing the following March after a last 16 Champions League second-leg defeat to Benfica.
Parker returned to management on 5 July 2024 when he was appointed head coach at Burnley.
He enjoyed a dream debut season, guiding the Clarets to an immediate Premier League return with 100 points, only missing out of the the title to Leeds United on goal difference.
He was named Championship Manager of the Month for April 2025 after his side won 16 points from six matches, including a 2-1 victory over promotion rivals Sheffield United.
Enzo Maresca (Chelsea)
Enzo Maresca was appointed Chelsea head coach on 3 June 2024, replacing Mauricio Pochettino.
As a player, he started out in AC Milan’s academy aged 11 in 1991 and would join Cagliari three years later.
Maresca’s first 18 months in senior football were spent at West Brom before his form there earned a move to Serie A giants Juventus in January 2000.
Maresca would go on to feature for several clubs including Fiorentina, Sevilla and Olympiacos, before hanging up his boots at Hellas Verona in 2017 on the day of his 37th birthday.
In his first managerial role, Maresca would spend the 2020/21 season in charge of Man City’s Elite Development Squad, where he steered them to the Premier League 2 title.
He then had a spell in charge of Parma before returning to Man City in June 2022 as one of Guardiola’s assistants.
Maresca took the helm at Leicester City in the summer of 2023 and oversaw promotion at the first attempt, leading the Foxes back to the Premier League after their relegation in 2022/23.
In 2024/25, he sealed Chelsea’s Champions League spot on the final day with a tense 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest in a winner-takes-all game.
To cap it off, Chelsea lifted the Conference League and went on to be crowned world champions, winning the inaugural edition of the FIFA Club World Cup that summer.
Oliver Glasner (Crystal Palace)
Oliver Glasner was appointed Crystal Palace head coach on 19 February 2024.
The 49-year-old Austrian joined the Eagles after a successful spell at Eintracht Frankfurt, with whom he won the Europa League in 2022.
Glasner played professionally as a defender for 19 years, making over 500 appearances for Austrian club Ried.
Three years after his retirement he coached the same side for a season before taking over at German side Wolfsburg in 2019.
There he managed to qualify for the Champions League via finishing fourth in the 2020/21 Bundesliga season. Since then they have not managed a higher finishing position.
The Austrian remained in Germany but changed to Eintracht, where his talents where displayed in the 2021/22 Europa League, reaching the final before beating Rangers 5-4 on penalties. This earned the club Champions League qualification for the first time in their history.
Glasner took charge of Crystal Palace in February 2024, replacing Roy Hodgson, and had a big impact in the final three months of the season.
Palace took 24 points from their 13 matches under Glasner, the fourth-most in the Premier League since his arrival, to secure a 10th-place finish.
That run of results included a 1-0 victory at Liverpool, a 4-0 home win over Manchester United and a 5-0 triumph over Aston Villa.
Last season, he guided Palace to a 12th-place league finish, but their 53-point haul set a new club record in the Premier League.
Even more memorably, he played a key role in a historic 1-0 FA Cup final victory over Manchester City, securing the club’s first major trophy.
Palace carried that momentum into 2025/26, kicking off the campaign by defeating reigning Premier League champions Liverpool to claim their first-ever Community Shield.
David Moyes (Everton)
David Moyes was appointed manager of Everton on 11 January 2025, taking charge for his second spell at Goodison Park following the dismissal of Sean Dyche.
Moyes had left his previous role at West Ham at the end of the 2023/24 season, calling time on second spell in charge of the Hammers, having been named first-team manager in December 2019.
The Scot took over from Manuel Pellegrini at the London Stadium with the Hammers sitting in 17th place.
Moyes made a name for himself at Preston North End, where he gained promotion to the second tier of English football and narrowly missed out on lifting his side to the Premier League, losing the 2001 Championship playoff final to Bolton.
After his success at Preston, he succeeded Walter Smith as manager at Everton in March 2002. He took over the Merseyside club when they were above the relegation zone on goal difference and led them to safety with a 15th-place position.
An impressive transformation of the club’s fortunes followed and they finished seventh in Moyes’ first full season in charge.
In the 2004/05 campaign, Everton finished ahead of Merseyside rivals Liverpool in fourth position, their highest ever Premier League finish to date, and secured Champions League qualification as a result.
Moyes established the Toffees in the top seven of the Premier League from 2006/07 onwards and led the side to Europa League qualification on three occasions.
He was then appointed manager of Man Utd prior to the 2013/14 campaign, but was relieved of his duties in April of that season.
After a short time out of football, Moyes managed abroad in LaLiga where he was in charge of Real Sociedad for a year from November 2014.
Moyes returned to management in England on 23 July 2016, taking over at Sunderland following Sam Allardyce's appointment as England national team manager.
On 22 May 2017, Moyes resigned as Sunderland manager after the club finished bottom of the Premier League, before he replaced Slaven Bilic at West Ham less than six months later.
The Scot, who has won 10 Premier League Manager of the Month awards, took over the Hammers with the club in the bottom three, but guided them to 13th place by the end of the 2017/18 season.
On 16 May 2018, West Ham confirmed the departure of Moyes.
But in December 2019 the Scot returned and secured West Ham's Premier League status that season, going on to help the Hammers secure European qualification in consecutive seasons before leading them to victory in the Conference League final against Fiorentina, ending their 43-year wait for a major trophy.
On 6 May 2024, West Ham announced that Moyes would be leaving the club at the end of 2023/24 upon the expiration of his contract, calling time after four-and-a-half years in charge of his second spell at the London Stadium.
His first match back in his second spell at Everton was against Aston Villa on Wednesday 15 January.
In 2024/25, he steered Everton to a 13th-place finish, collecting 48 points for the Toffees.
Marco Silva (Fulham)
Marco Silva was appointed as Fulham head coach in July 2021.
Born in Lisbon, Silva had a 15-year professional playing career in Portugal, before retiring with second-tier Estoril at the age of 33 in June 2011.
Silva was appointed director of football at Estoril shortly after retiring and then became their manager in 2011/12.
After guiding the Portuguese side to the top flight as champions, Silva led Estoril to Europa League qualification in the following season.
Single season spells and trophies followed at Sporting Lisbon and then Olympiacos.
Silva's first role in English football came at Hull City in January 2017, but he would spend just four months before leaving in May.
Two days later, Watford announced Silva as Walter Mazzarri's replacement at Vicarage Road for the 2017/18 season.
However, 11 points from the next 16 matches led to Silva's departure.
At the end of May 2018, Everton announced Silva would take over from Allardyce.
Everton finished eighth in Silva’s first season, but the two parted ways in December 2019, with the Toffees in the bottom three.
After a lengthy break, Silva returned to take charge of Fulham in the summer of 2021 following their relegation.
Silva led Fulham straight back to the Premier League, with his free-scoring side netting 106 goals on their way to the Championship title.
He led them to an impressive 10th-place finish in their first season back, and a steady 13th spot in 2023/24.
Last season, he guided Fulham to an 11th-place finish, amassing a solid 54 points.
Daniel Farke (Leeds United)
Daniel Farke was appointed Leeds United's manager on 4 July 2023.
Farke spent his playing career as a forward in Germany’s lower divisions.
He hung up his boots at the age of 31, having already started studying economics with a view to having a career as a sporting director.
He had no desire to be a manager at the time but took a coaching course to get an idea of the challenges his colleagues would face.
Soon after, Farke was offered the chance to become the sporting director of his former club SV Lippstadt 08, provided he also took on the head coach’s responsibilities for the final matches of the season.
He accepted the challenge, and the immediate results were so good that the dual role became a long-term one.
Farke spent six years in charge of Lippstadt, leading them from the sixth tier to the fourth at a time when the club were also developing a new 4,000-capacity stadium.
Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund came calling in November 2015, putting Farke in charge of their reserve side after David Wagner left to become Huddersfield Town’s head coach.
The team had just been relegated and sat 15th in the fourth tier, but Farke led them to a fourth-place finish and then a runners-up spot.
Impressed by his success, Norwich handed a 40-year-old Farke a two-year contract in May 2017, making him their first ever foreign head coach.
The Canaries finished 14th in the Championship in 2017/18 but took Arsenal to extra-time in an EFL Cup encounter before forcing a replay and penalty shootout against Chelsea in an FA Cup tie.
The following season, Farke led Norwich to the title, securing promotion shortly after signing a new three-year deal that extended his stay at Carrow Road until June 2022.
After a one-year absence from the Premier League, Farke helped Norwich earn promotion for the 2021/22 season, finishing six points clear of second-placed Watford.
But the start to the 2021/22 season was a struggle for Norwich, whose first win came in their 11th match, and shortly after, on 6 November 2021, the club announced the departure of Farke.
He was appointed manager at Elland Road in July 2023, succeeding Allardyce in the role.
His first season ended in playoff heartbreak, losing the final at Wembley to Southampton, but Farke did lead Leeds back to the Premier League the following season in 2024/25, winning the title with 100 points.
Arne Slot (Liverpool)
Arne Slot was appointed Liverpool head coach on 20 May 2024.
The Dutchman joined Liverpool after a successful spell with Feyenoord, with whom he won the Eredivisie in 2022/23 and the KNVB Cup in 2023/24.
In his time as a player, Slot operated as a midfielder, making over 400 appearances. He spent the entirety of his career in the Netherlands, mainly for PEC Zwolle where he won the Dutch second division, helping the club return to the top flight for the first time in 13 years.
After hanging up his boots in 2013 at PEC Zwolle, Slot moved onto the club's staff, working as a youth coach.
Slot's first role as a head coach was with Cambuur in 2016.
And in 2017 he joined AZ Alkmaar as an assistant before becoming head coach ahead of the start of the 2019/20 season. In his first season at the club, Slot led AZ to second place in the table behind Ajax only on goal difference, when the Dutch season was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Slot then departed AZ to join Feyenoord in 2021 where he had three successful seasons. He led them to the final in the inaugural season of the Conference League, the league title in 2022/23 and the Dutch cup in 2023/24.
He was named Liverpool's head coach ahead of the 2024/25 season, replacing Jurgen Klopp.
In his first season in charge of the Reds, he delivered an emphatic Premier League triumph, sealing the title with four games to spare and matching Manchester United’s haul of 20 top-flight trophies.
Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
Pep Guardiola has been the Manchester City manager since the start of the 2016/17 campaign.
As a player, Guardiola spent the majority of his career at Barcelona, but also played for Brescia, Roma, Al-Ahli and Dorados de Sinaloa.
He won six LaLiga titles and lifted the European Cup in 1992, the same year that he won Olympic gold with Spain.
Guardiola's first taste of coaching came as head coach of Barcelona’s B team in June 2007, and he was quickly catapulted to manager of the senior squad the following summer.
He stamped his mark at Camp Nou as his first campaign in charge brought success in the Champions League, LaLiga and Copa del Rey.
It was the club’s first ever Treble and, at 37 years of age, it made Guardiola the youngest manager to lift the Champions League in history.
In total he would spend four seasons as manager of the Spanish side, winning 14 trophies across six different competitions before taking a break from football after the 2011/12 campaign.
Guardiola returned to coaching ahead of the 2013/14 season at Bayern Munich. He won three Bundesliga titles on the bounce, with silverware also coming via the DFB-Pokal (German cup), UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup.
After three years in Munich, the former FIFA World Coach of the Year agreed a move to Man City for the 2016/17 Premier League season.
Man City finished third and then, in the following season, broke the Premier League record for most consecutive wins, with 18 between August and December 2017.
Guardiola lifted his first major trophy in England following a 3-0 win over Arsenal in the 2018 EFL Cup final.
They dominated throughout the 2017/18 Premier League season, with Guardiola securing his first league title in English football with a record of 106 goals, 32 wins and 100 points.
His Man City team retained the title the following season, and won it again in 2020/21, while also winning the FA Cup, three more EFL Cups and reaching a Champions League final.
In 2021/22 Guardiola would take his side to yet another Premier League title, City's second successive crown and fourth title in the five seasons.
The club announced a new contract for Guardiola in November 2022 that will see him stay until the end of 2024/25.
Guardiola became only the second manager to lead his team to a hat-trick of Premier League titles, after Sir Alex Ferguson, when his City side were crowned 2022/23 champions.
City would also win the FA Cup and a first Champions League trophy, matching Man Utd's historic Treble achievement of 1998/99.
In 2023/24, City became the first side in history to win four consecutive Premier League titles, a feat which earned Guardiola the Barclays Manager of the Season award.
The 2024/25 season proved more challenging, as City struggled to find their rhythm early on. Although they eventually rediscovered their form, it came too late, and they surrendered their crown to Liverpool.
Ruben Amorim (Manchester United)
Ruben Amorim was appointed Manchester United head coach on 1 November 2024, replacing Erik ten Hag.
Born in Lisbon, Amorim began his professional playing career with hometown club Belenenses in 2003 before moving to Benfica in 2008.
During his time as a midfielder at Benfica, Amorim enjoyed significant success, winning three Primeira Liga titles. He also earned 14 caps for Portugal.
Amorim's coaching career started at Braga when he was placed in charge of their reserves.
Within four months he had earned promotion to head coach of the first team.
Amorim then won the Portuguese League Cup, which convinced Sporting to shell out a reported €10million to bring him to Estadio Jose Alvalade in March 2020.
He made an immediate impact, leading Sporting to the Primeira Liga title in his first full season and ending a 19-year wait for the club’s 19th league crown.
Amorim went on to claim a second league title in 2023 and back-to-back League Cup successes. At the time of his departure, Sporting were leading the league by six points, having matched the best start in the club's history with 11 victories from their opening 11 matches.
Notably, in his final home match for the club, he guided Sporting to a memorable 4-1 victory over Man City in the Champions League.
Last season, he guided the Red Devils to a 14th-place finish and reached the Europa League final, where they fell short against Spurs.
Eddie Howe (Newcastle United)
Eddie Howe became head coach of Newcastle United in November 2021.
It ended a 15-month break from the game for the Englishman, who had made his name at Bournemouth.
Howe was a Premier League manager from 2015 to 2020 with the Cherries, whom he guided to the top flight for the first time after bringing them up from the fourth tier of English football.
Prior to moving into management, Howe was on the professional books at Bournemouth for eight years before moving to Portsmouth for a two-year spell.
Howe had a loan move to Swindon Town towards the end of the 2003/04 season, but did not feature for the club.
However, the Amersham-born defender re-joined Bournemouth on loan at the start of the 2004/05 campaign and soon made the deal permanent - spending a further three seasons with them.
The former centre-back retired due to a knee injury in the summer of 2007, but had already started coaching the Bournemouth reserve team.
Howe had a brief spell away from the south coast club in 2008, but was hired as a youth coach before taking over as caretaker manager at the end of the year.
On 19 January 2009, Howe was awarded the permanent managerial job at the then League Two club, leading them to safety despite a 17-point deficit.
Bournemouth were then immediately promoted in the following season under the guidance of Howe, who then made the move to Championship team Burnley in January 2011.
Howe guided Burnley to eighth and 13th-place finishes over the next two seasons, before a return to Bournemouth in October 2012.
By the end of the season Howe had achieved automatic promotion to the Championship, claiming the league title two years later, guiding Bournemouth into the Premier League for the first time in their history.
In their debut top-flight season, Howe led AFC Bournemouth to 16th place and earned safety for three more successive seasons, before his team finished 18th in 2019/20.
On 1 August 2020 he left the club by mutual consent, following their relegation to the Championship.
Howe's return to the Premier League with Newcastle proved to be an inspired one, as he comfortably secured the club's top-flight status, and was named the February 2022 Barclays Manager of the Month.
He was later nominated for the Barclays Manager of the Season award.
And 2022/23 proved to be an exceptional season for Howe, guiding Newcastle to Champions League qualification for the first time since 2002/03.
The Magpies finished the 2023/24 campaign in seventh and missed out on European football as a result of Man Utd's 2-1 FA Cup final win over Man City.
However, in the 2024/25 season, he led Newcastle to a fifth-place finish, securing Champions League football for the Magpies this season.
Nuno Espirito Santo (Nottingham Forest)
Nuno Espirito Santo is head coach of Nottingham Forest, replacing Steve Cooper at the City Ground in December 2023 for his third time in charge of a Premier League club.
A goalkeeper during his playing career, Nuno represented Portugal at the 1996 Olympics and was part of the Porto squad that won the 2002/03 UEFA Cup and 2003/04 Champions League under Jose Mourinho.
He started as a goalkeeping coach after retiring in the summer of 2010, before being given his first senior coaching appointment two years later, with Portuguese side Rio Ave.
In his second season Rio Ave were finalists in both of the domestic cup competitions, qualifying for the Europa League for the first time in their history.
Nuno moved to Valencia, where he secured a fourth-place finish in 2014/15, while winning the Manager of the Month award in Spain three times.
He then spent a season at Porto before moving to England and Wolves.
His first season at Molineux was a triumph as Nuno led the club to promotion and the Championship title, finishing nine points clear of second place.
Nuno guided Wolves to a seventh-placed finish in the 2018/19 season for the club's highest Premier League finish and their highest in the English top flight since the 1979/80 season.
They repeated the feat the following campaign, having been in contention for a top-four spot during the run-in.
Despite a solid start to 2020/21 Wolves were unable to sustain that consistency. Nuno left the club by mutual consent in May 2021 after steering Wolves to a 13th-place finish.
At the end of June 2021, Nuno returned to the Premier League when announced as the new Spurs head coach, but his stay in north London was brief and he departed there in November 2021.
Nuno more recently spent 16 months at Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad, but departed in November 2023 six months after leading them to the title.
He helped to keep Forest in the Premier League for a third successive season, as they finished 17th, winning 2-1 at Burnley on the final day of 2023/24.
The following season, he guided Forest to an impressive seventh-place finish, securing their first European campaign in nearly three decades, while adding three more Barclays Manager of the Month awards to bring his career total to seven.
Most Barclays Manager of the Month awards
| Manager | Awards |
|---|---|
| Sir Alex Ferguson | 27 |
| Arsene Wenger | 15 |
| Pep Guardiola | 11 |
| Jurgen Klopp, David Moyes | 10 |
| Martin O'Neill, Harry Redknapp | 8 |
| Mikel Arteta, Rafa Benitez, Nuno Espirito Santo | 7 |
Regis Le Bris (Sunderland)
Sunderland appointed Regis Le Bris as head coach in June 2024, succeeding Michael Beale.
Le Bris had a modest career as a player, featuring for French club Rennes in Ligue 1, but it was when he turned his hand to coaching with Wasquehal a the age of 27 that he excelled.
Having quickly obtained his badges he was soon returning to Rennes where he took up a youth coaching role.
Le Bris won the French equivalent of the FA Youth Cup and the Under-18 Championship before taking on a similar job at Lorient.
He was successful with their Under-17s before stepping up to take on the role of reserve-team manager.
Le Bris was handed the opportunity as manager of the senior side in 2022 and a run of eight wins in his first 10 games helped towards a 10th-place finish.
However, relegation followed the following season with defeat on the final day.
His appointment at Sunderland was widely regarded as a surprise, but Le Bris led the Black Cats back to the Premier League in his debut season with a dramatic 2-1 turnaround win against Sheffield United in the 2024/25 playoff final at Wembley.
Thomas Frank (Tottenham Hotspur)
Thomas Frank was appointed as head coach at Spurs on 12 June 2025, ending a seven-year spell at Brentford.
Frank's first senior position in management came with Danish Superliga side Brondby IF in June 2013, finishing fourth and third in two full seasons in charge before departing the club in March 2016.
Brentford appointed Frank as assistant head coach in December 2016, working under Dean Smith, before the latter joined Aston Villa in October 2018.
Frank was promoted to head coach shortly after Smith's departure, guiding the Bees to an 11th-place finish at the end of the season in the Championship.
His first full campaign ended in heartache, as they lost the 2019/20 playoff final to Fulham.
However, they were not to be denied a year later, when after finishing third again they overcame Swansea City in the playoff final, becoming the 50th club to compete in the Premier League.
Frank became the first person to lead the Bees into a top-flight season since 1946/47.
It would be a maiden season to remember for Brentford, who finished 13th in 2021/22 with a series of impressive results, including a 2-0 win against Arsenal, 3-3 draw with Liverpool and a 4-1 win at Chelsea.
In 2022/23 Brentford performed even better as they finished ninth and only just missed out on playing in Europe.
The 2023/24 campaign was undermined by a host of injuries, along with an eight-month ban for star striker Ivan Toney, and the Bees ended up 16th.
The 2024/25 season was a tactical triumph for Frank as he steered Brentford to a top-half finish with adaptability and smart set-pieces.
Graham Potter (West Ham United)
West Ham appointed Graham Potter as their new head coach on 9 January 2025.
The 49-year-old agreed a two-and-a-half year contract, replacing Julen Lopetegui, who was dismissed by West Ham after just 20 matches in charge.
Potter had previously worked as head coach at Chelsea, where he was relieved of his duties on 2 April 2023, less than seven months after succeeding Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge in September 2022.
He had joined Chelsea after three successful years at Brighton, where he had replaced Chris Hughton after the 2018/19 Premier League campaign.
The Englishman had a 13-year playing career, mostly spent in the Football League as a full-back, with clubs including Birmingham City, Stoke City and West Brom.
He made eight Premier League appearances for Southampton in 1996/97, playing in a famous 6-3 win over Manchester United.
After finishing his playing career in 2005, Potter became a football development manager at Hull University, with a spell on secondment as the technical director of Ghana’s women’s team at the 2007 FIFA World Cup.
In April 2008 he was appointed the assistant coach for the England Universities Squad, and he then had a period with Leeds University.
Potter’s first senior managerial appointment came in December 2010 at Swedish fourth-tier side Ostersunds. He led them to successive promotions in 2011 and 2012 and then, in October 2015, took the club into the top flight for the first time in their history.
Eighteen months later Potter’s side won the Swedish Cup and earned a place in the Europa League, where they reached the last 32, bowing out to Arsenal.
In June 2018 Potter returned to the UK to take charge of Swansea City, who had just been relegated from the Premier League.
He led them to a 10th-place finish in the Championship while reaching the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, where his side lost 3-2 to Man City.
That earned him a move to Brighton in May 2019 where, getting the team to play in a more expansive fashion, he led them to a 15th-placed finish, a joint-high with their points total (41) and goals (39) in their three Premier League seasons.
After a 2020/21 season of similar results, things began to click in 2021/22 when Brighton finished eighth.
A few standout results included a 4-0 home win over Man Utd at home, and a 2-2 draw at Liverpool, having come from 2-0 down.
He oversaw Brighton's best start to a Premier League season in 2022/23, with 13 points from the opening six matches and fourth place before Chelsea came calling.
However the club decided to relieve him of his duties after 11 defeats in 31 matches had led to Chelsea lying in 11th place.
Potter returned to the Premier League after a 21-month absence with his new side West Ham.
He guided the Hammers to a 14th-place finish in the 2024/25 season.
Vitor Pereira (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Vitor Pereira was appointed head coach of Wolves on 19 December 2024, replacing Gary O'Neil.
Born and brought up in Espinho, a beach resort 15km outside the city of Porto, former midfielder Pereira played as an amateur, retiring at the age of 28 in 1996.
He started on the coaching ladder at junior level, beginning his first job as head coach midway through the 2004/05 season when he was appointed at Sanjoanense in Portugal's third tier.
Pereira worked with his hometown club Espinho, leaving with 10 matches remaining in his second season, and returned to FC Porto's juniors for a further season before then moving to Santa Clara in the Segunda Liga.
Pereira left in the summer of 2010 to take up the role as assistant coach to Andre Villas-Boas at Porto, and following the latter's departure to Chelsea in June the following year he was promoted to head coach.
It was at Porto where Pereira enjoyed success, winning the Primeira Liga in both of his seasons at the helm.
Then followed a passage of globetrotting, in which Pereira took up roles in five countries including Greece, Turkey, Germany, China and Brazil across an eight-year period.
He moved to Saudi Professional League side Al-Ahli Saudi, before joining Olympiacos in January 2015, and led the Greek side to the double. After a short stay with them, he was announced as new head coach at Fenerbahce.
Pereira then had spells with German side 1860 Munich and Shanghai SIPG in China, where he replaced Villas-Boas, and he guided them to their first ever Chinese Super League title.
Fenerbahce came calling again in 2021, kickstarting a spell of four different clubs for Pereira in as many years including Corinthians (2022), Flamengo (2023), Al-Shabab (2024) and now Wolves.
Pereira is the eighth Portuguese to manage in the top flight, and the third to take charge of Wolves, following in the footsteps of Nuno and Bruno Lage at Molineux.
Last season, he led Wolves to a 16th-place finish, highlighted by a strong April that earned him the Barclays Manager of the Month award.