
The Football Faithful
·12 October 2025
Premier League – Favourites to be the next manager to leave

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·12 October 2025
Premier League managers are rarely given time and there are a number of coaches currently feeling the heat.
Nottingham Forest and West Ham have already decided on coaching changes this season, but they’re unlikely to be the last. We’ve looked at how the bookmakers view the sack race, with the five favourites to be the next Premier League manager to leave their position.
Vitor Pereira could do no wrong at Wolves last season. Appointed in December with the club 19th in the table, he took seven points from his first three games and did not look back.
Wolves ended the campaign 16th and 17 points clear of relegation, with their upturn including a club-record six consecutive Premier League wins. However, a downturn during the run-in has continued into the new campaign with Wolves winless in seven. Consecutive draws with Tottenham and Brighton have suggested improvement, but Pereira is under pressure with Wolves bottom of the table. Upcoming clashes with promoted sides Sunderland and Burnley will be crucial.
Leeds have made a solid start to their Premier League return, sitting four points clear of the bottom three, as things stand.
Daniel Farke is aiming to prove that he can consolidate, having been relegated from the Premier League with Norwich City in the 2019/20 and 2021/22 seasons. It’s been so far, so good, for the German, but Leeds have much work to do yet.
Keith Andrews was a bold appointment from Brentford in the summer, as the set-piece coach stepped up to replace Thomas Frank.
Andrews had no prior senior experience of management and has overseen a challenging start. Brentford, who lost Bryan Mbeumo, Christian Norgaard and Yoane Wissa in the summer, are just three points clear of the bottom three.
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe last week said Ruben Amorim should be given ‘three years’ to succeed as manager. However, it’s difficult to envisage such time if results do not improve quickly.
Amorim has won just 29.41% of his Premier League games in charge, with the Red Devils ending last season 15th in the table, the club’s lowest league finish since being relegated in 1974. After investing (£170.7m) in the summer, the Portuguese coach is under pressure to turn things around.
Could Nottingham Forest already make their second change of the season? After Nuno Espirito Santo’s fallout with the club’s board, Ange Postecoglou was parachuted in to take charge.
It represented a monumental stylistic shift and has turned out to be a tricky transition. Forest have failed to win since the Australian took the reins on September 9th.
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