A record nine Premier League clubs are starting this season with a new manager in the dugout, raising real questions about stability across the division. Anyone assessing a range of football markets for the top flight this season will find premier league betting interest is high, and will need to factor in an unusually high number of new managerial appointments before making their judgements on how the campaign might unfold.
The numbers illustrate just how unusual this level of turnover is. Mikel Arteta remains the longest-serving manager in English football’s top four divisions, having been in charge at Arsenal since December 2019. Unai Emery is the next longest-serving Premier League boss, in position at Aston Villa since November 2022, but beyond that pairing, the list of tenures drops away sharply.
Premier League Managerial Tenures
| Manager | Club | Appointed |
| Mikel Arteta | Arsenal | 22 December 2019 |
| Unai Emery | Aston Villa | 01 November 2022 |
| Daniel Farke | Leeds United | 04 July 2023 |
| Régis Le Bris | Sunderland | 01 July 2024 |
| Fabian Hürzeler | Brighton & Hove Albion | 02 July 2024 |
| Frank Lampard | Coventry City | 28 November 2024 |
| David Moyes | Everton | 11 January 2025 |
| Keith Andrews | Brentford | 27 June 2025 |
| Sergej Jakirović | Hull City | 11 June 2025 |
| Michael Carrick* | Manchester United | 13 January 2026 |
| Roberto De Zerbi | Tottenham Hotspur | 31 March 2026 |
| Marco Rose | Bournemouth | 01 June 2026 |
| Andoni Iraola | Liverpool | 04 June 2026 |
| Pierre Sage | Crystal Palace | 15 June 2026 |
| Gary O’Neil | Ipswich Town | 23 June 2026 |
| Enzo Maresca | Manchester City | 29 June 2026 |
| Xabi Alonso | Chelsea | 01 July 2026 |
| Oliver Glasner | Nottingham Forest | 06 July 2026 |
| Álvaro Arbeloa | Fulham | 07 July 2026 |
| Matthias Jaissle | Newcastle United | 05 August 2026 |
Keith Andrews is seventh on the list despite only taking over at Brentford last summer, while Michael Carrick sits ninth having stepped in to steady Manchester United back in January. Perhaps most strikingly, Roberto De Zerbi finds himself roughly in the middle of the table despite only being appointed at Tottenham at the end of March, a reminder of just how quickly turnover has accelerated even among clubs that seemingly only just made a change.
It’s Enzo Maresca who probably starts the season under the most pressure, however. Replacing Pep Guardiola after the Spaniard’s remarkable success at the Etihad, which saw him win 20 trophies in a 10-year tenure in Manchester, is not going to be an easy feat.
The former Chelsea boss’s job is made harder by the fact that Bernardo Silva, Rodri and John Stones have all departed the club this summer as well, following on from a host of other senior players in recent years, including Ederson and Kevin du Bruyne.
He’s unlikely to be given a hero’s welcome back at Stamford Bridge either, as he held talks for the City job while still in the post. The Blues, meanwhile, have welcomed Xabi Alonso to the club, making him the sixth permanent manager of the Blue Co. era.
Whether this level of turnover represents a genuine crisis of stability or simply a particularly active off-season remains open to debate. What’s certain is that this season will offer an unusually rich test case for whether swift managerial change actually accelerates success, or whether the clubs showing patience with their existing appointments end up reaping the rewards instead.