If winning the Premier League no longer guarantees a manager keeping his job, lifting the EFL Cup in any of its guises is positively a curse.
Seven of the last 10 managers to have won the League Cup left their posts within a year — hardly a comfort to Jose Mourinho or Claude Puel as they battle for the first trophy of the season on Sunday afternoon.
Mourinho was sacked twice by Chelsea in the months that followed winning this competition. Juande Ramos, Kenny Dalglish, Alex McLeish, Michael Laudrup and Manuel Pellegrini also didn't stick around long after Wembley triumph.