10 best football managers who are currently unemployed

#3 Laurent Blanc

Laurent Blanc has been without a job since 2016, but should be ready to return soon

You could say Laurent Blanc has been very lucky in his managerial career, getting the chance to manage top teams like France and PSG. However, his spell with Bordeaux tends to be forgotten.

Blanc led Bordeaux to a 2nd-place finish in his debut season and a league title a year later in 2009. During the season, his team posted a new league record with 11 consecutive wins.

In 2009/10, Blanc's Bordeaux was drawn in the same Champions League group as Bayern and Juventus. They surprisingly ended up with an unbeaten record, just two points off the maximum 18. The European season ended with a quarter-finals loss to Lyon.

At PSG, Blanc, of course, won basically everything there is to win domestically with three league titles, two cups and also three league cups in three years. He was let go because the team failed to get over the hump in Europe.

PSG crashed out at the quarter-finals stage in each of Blanc's seasons in charge. However, they didn't even make it that far last season, after he left, so maybe they actually shouldn't have gotten rid of him.

Blanc reportedly received a compensation of €22 million following his dismissal, which I guess currently allows him to enjoy all the best life has to offer, but he should be back on the saddle, sooner, rather than later, and it will be fascinating to see if he can replicate the success he's enjoyed so far.