First Premier League manager to be sacked: Our traders' odds
The 2026/27 Premier League season is firmly up and running - and that means one thing - managers already under pressure and the race to avoid being the first one sacked. There was plenty of managerial movement over the summer, with Andoni Iraola and Oliver Glasner swapping Bournemouth and Crystal Palace for Liverpool and Nottingham Forest respectively, as Enzo Maresca headed back to Manchester City.
Marco Silva moved on after five years at Fulham, and there was major change on Tyneside, as Eddie Howe stepped down at Newcastle with a host of key players also exiting St. So, who will be first to go?
- Paddy's footy traders have priced up a fewspecial marketsto look at the latest PL managerial sacking odds. * All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change Roberto De Zerbi (tottenham) Roberto De Zerbi spent BIG over the summer, but it's not gone to plan for so far, with the Italian failing to win across his first five Premier League games of 2026/27.
After finishing 17th in the last two seasons, Spurs fans were hoping for a stress-free season, but that was never going to be the case with De Zerbi at the helm. With no cup or European distractions from now until the end of 2027, the former Brighton boss has a chance to focus solely on dragging his team up the table, but any continuation of their current form could trigger yet another change of manager for the Lilywhites.
Michael Carrick (Man United) Man United hiring a former player as manager after a decent spell as caretaker boss… we've been here before. Michael Carrick steadied United for the second half of last season, and eventually guided the Red Devils to Champions League qualification against the odds, with the ex-midfielder then signing a fresh new contract until 2028.
United's early season form has not been as jarringly bad as Spurs', but they're toiling in mid-table, and it won't take much for the pressure to crank up on Carrick. Alvaro Arbeloa (Fulham) Former Liverpool and Real Madrid defender Alvaro Arbeloa is also in the mix to get the chop after accepting the task of leading Fulham in the post-Silva era.
The club rolled the dice on the inexperienced Spaniard this summer, whose top level CV only features a six-month interim spell in charge of Real Madrid at the back end of last season. After also failing to win in his first five games, he's under the microscope at Craven Cottage, after boldly calling out his players after a tough two months.