A new summer—and another new boss for Southampton Football Club. For the third summer out of four, Southampton have appointed a new manager; this time, Mauricio Pellegrino replaced the sacked Claude Puel.
Pellegrino is the club’s fourth manager in three years, following Mauricio Pochettino, Ronald Koeman and Puel. Yet, perhaps this apparent lack of stability is no impediment: Southampton’s structure is designed to limit the power of any individual manager and prevent the club’s progress from being undermined when a manager leaves.
Over the last two seasons, 136 managers have left jobs in the top four tiers of English football.