If even Jurgen Klopp is chatting about the sack, you know it’s serious. This is the Premier League’s most cut-throat campaign with the record number of managerial sackings a consequence of so many clubs panicking in a wide-open season.
That is the view of footballing figures after Brendan Rodgers became the 11th casualty of the campaign, with Leicester among nine clubs in a race against relegation.
Graham Potter turned into the 12th when Chelsea let him go after dropping into the bottom half of the table.
Those Sunday sackings meant the previous record of 10 — most recently set last season — was broken.