3 elite LaLiga managers who could be sacked before the end of the season

The competition between the managers is one thing that often dominates every LaLiga season, and this term will prove no exception, with elite tacticians locking horns in a great battle as they aim to take charge of the Spanish top flight.

While some managers have started the campaign brilliantly, winning the hearts of football fans with their amazing exploits as well as picking vital victories, there are others who have started the season rather slowly and have failed to convince with their performances as well as gotten intense criticism for their mediocre displays.

Just as we all know what often happens following managerial mediocrity, there is a strong feeling that a couple of tacticians could end up losing their jobs before the end of the season. With pressure piling on some of these managers day after day, we take a look at 3 tacticians that could face the sack before the end of the campaign.

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#1 Eduardo Berrizo

Eduardo Berrizo has had a poor start at Bilbao

A number of elite tacticians in the Spanish top flight could end up losing their jobs before the end of the campaign and Athletic Bilbao head coach Eduardo Berrizo is also one of them.

The Basque outfit currently find themselves in 17th position on the LaLiga table after failing to record any victory in their last 6 matches in the Spanish top flight - producing an unimpressive 2 defeats and 4 draws as well as managing to stay afloat the relegation zone with just a goal margin - ahead of Leganes who sit in 18th position on the table.

Therefore Eduardo Berrizo is in a delicate situation at the moment, and he needs to deliver positive results in order to keep his job at the San Mames Stadium, otherwise he could be handed a sack letter by the club before the end of the season.

#2 Ernesto Valverde

The Barcelona manager has struggled to get results in recent weeks

Barcelona appointed Ernesto Valverde as their manager following the departure of Luis Enrique during the summer of 2017, and the former Athletic Bilbao manager achieved a brilliant debut campaign with the Catalan giants, delivering an impressive domestic double at the Nou Camp and almost went unbeaten throughout the LaLiga campaign last term.

However, the manager has found himself under intense scrutiny in the past few weeks following a run of unconvincing results in the Spanish top flight in which he suffered a shocking defeat and 3 embarrassing draws in a row.

Valvarde's excessive rotation system and squad management have also been put into question at the Nou Camp in recent weeks, especially when he decided to start Lionel Messi on the bench in a 1-1 draw with Athletic Bilbao recently, and he is now in need of positive results to keep his job in good condition.

#3 Julen Lopetegui

Lopetegui's failure to deliver positive results could attract a sack letter for him before the end of the season

Julen Lopetegui was lured to the Santiago Bernabeu by club president Florentino Perez as a replacement for Zinedine Zidane who decided to end his stint with the Spanish giants following his record third consecutive UEFA Champions League triumph last season.

The appointment was a controversial one that cost Lopetegui his job as the manager of the Spanish national team, and he now finds himself in a similar position at the Spanish capital. A couple of poor results have put the Spaniard's job on the line, and he is also one of the few LaLiga managers that could lose their jobs before the end of the season.

After winning his first 4 matches in charge of Los Blancos, the manager has failed to produce positive results since then - falling to 3 embarrassing defeats and a disappointing draw in his last 4 games, and he is also reportedly at war with his players who are not impressed with his tactics that look like a model of Barcelona's tiki-taka system.