Premier League managers destined to fall short of the mark?
The average life span of a Premier League manager is rapidly deteriorating according to a recent study, which has revealed that their tenure amounts to a mere two and a half years.
Money-saving site Voucherbox.co.uk have found that on average, a manager will only experience two jobs and will take charge for 91 games.
Moreover, almost 60% of managers will only manage one club, with 85 out of the 209 managers since 1992 holding office again.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is the Premier League's current longest serving manager
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However, there have been clear exceptions to this trend with former Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth and Queens Park Rangers boss Harry Redknapp who has managed the most Premier League clubs, having been employed on six occasions. Former England manager Sam Allardyce is just behind Redknapp having had spells at five teams, including West Ham United, Bolton and Sunderland who he steered to survival last season.
Former Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson is also a stand-out omission from this idea. The most successful boss in English football took charge of 810 Premier League matches and is followed by the current longest serving manager, Arsene Wenger who has managed over 700 games for Arsenal in a career that has lasted 20 years.
Yet overall, the consensus leads towards a lack of time given to Premier League managers who are also only able to achieve an average win ratio of 30%.
Shane Forster, Voucherbox UK Country Manager, said: “As fans we are used to hearing the familiar line of it being a ‘results business’ and that really is the case.
With 60% per cent of managers not getting a second shot at another Premier League club, it demonstrates just how ruthless top flight management really is and that life in the hot seat is a precarious one.”
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