The upcoming 2016-17 premier league will be the 25thseason of Premier League. The season is due to start on 13 August 2016, willend on 21 May 2017. Last season, there are a few managers left their clubs. This season, high-profile managers such as Jose Mourinho
and Pep Guardiola will renew their rivalry as the Manchester Clubs while
Antonio Conte’s arrival at Chelsea has set pulses racing.
Manchester United
Outgoing Manager: Louis Van Gaal
Manner of departure: Sacked
Incoming Manager: Jose Mourinho
LouisVan Gaal has been sacked as the manager of Manchester United after two years of
a three-year contract. The appointment of Mourinho as the replacement for the
former Netherlands boss was confirmed after 48 hours Van Gaal was sacked. The
Dutchman Van Gaal, said he was very disappointed to leave, but added “the
foundations are firmly in place to achieve even greater success”. Jose Mourinhowho is now the successor agreed a £10m-a-year, three years contract to join
Manchester United. Upon his arrival, he has been working on rebuilding the
club’s senior squad. Players like Juan Mata, one of the Manchester United’s
record signings and three key Louis Van Gaal acquisitions Marcos Rojo, Daley
Blind and Bastian Schweinsteiger are set for sale. In a recent press
conference, Mourinho appeared to have a dig at Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger by
claiming “There are some managers who last won a title 10 years ago, some of
them the last time was never. The last time I won a title was one year ago, I
have a lot to prove, imagine the others.” Seems like the new Manchester United
manager wastes no time in renewing grudge with Arsenal rival Arsene Wenger.
Manchester City
Outgoing Manager: Manuel Pellegrini
Manner of departure: Mutual Consent
Incoming Manager: Pep Guardiola
On 1st
February 2016, Manchester City has confirmed that Pep Guardiola will replace Manual Pellegrini as the next Manchester City manager for 16/17 EPL seasononwards. Manuel Pellegrini has also confirmed that he will leave City at the
end of the season to make way for Guardiola.
The highest paid manager in the world will be paid £15 million a year
salary by Manchester City in a three year contract.
At age of 45 years old, Pep Guardiola is one of the most successful manager in football history with the winning of 14
titles including 3 La Liga titles, 2 UEFA Champions League, 2 UEFA Super Cup
and 2 FIFA Club World Cup with Barcelona in four years and seven silverwares
including 3 Bundesliga, 2 DFB Pokal, 1 UEFA Super Cup and 1 FIFA Club World Cup
with Bayern Munich in three years. His impressive past achievements make
Manchester City, the premier league giant believe that he can create a dynasty
that will take the club to the next level.
Chelsea
Outgoing Manager: Guus Hiddink
Manner of departure: End of caretaker spell
Incoming Manager: Antonio Conte
Last
season defending champion Chelsea had gone through a hard time. Jose Mourinho was sacked in December by Chelsea as the relationship between Mourinho with the
players has been broken down. Guus Hiddink was hired as an interim boss and in
the end Chelsea finished the season at ten in the EPL table, which means
Chelsea will not qualify for UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League next
season. Antonio Conte, the manager of Italy has signed a three-year contract
worth £5m a year to be the head coach of Chelsea. Conte had won three
consecutive Serie A titles with Juventus before he took charge of Italian
national team. With the big money spent on recruiting Conte, the Blue is
expecting the highly regarded manager will bring the club back to the top ofthe EPL table next season.
Southampton
Outgoing Manager: Ronald Koeman
Manner of departure: Signed by Everton
Incoming Manager: Claude Puel
Ronald Koeman the manager of Southampton decided to joinEverton after his two years spells with Southampton. Prior his departure,
Koeman led Southampton to a sixth place finish at the end of the season,
Southampton’s highest ever Premier League finish and qualification for the
group stage of the UEFA Europa League. Claude Pue, was appointed the manager ofSouthampton after four years in charge of Ligue 1 club, OGC Nice.
Everton
Outgoing Manager: David Unsworth
Manner of departure: End of caretaker spell
Incoming Manager: Ronald Koeman
Everton manager Roberto Martinez was sacked by Everton in
May and David Unsworth stepped in to be the interim manager of Everton until
the end of the season. Everton have successfully lured Dutch legend, Ronald
Koeman away from Southampton and confirmed Koeman to be the new manager of
Everton on 14th June 2016. The Dutch Legend said “I am very excited to be Everton manager. I believe in the club, in the team, in the fans and in our
ability to achieve things in future.”
Watford
Outgoing manager: Quique Sanchez Flores
Manner of departure: Mutual consent
Incoming Manager: Walter Mazzarri
Watford decided to let Quique Sanchez Flores depart after an
impressive debut season but finish at 13th at the end of the season.
Walter Mazzarri who was sacked by Internazionale in year 2014 had reached an
agreement with Watford to become Head Coach from 1st July 2016 on a three year deal.
