4 best caretaker managers in Premier League history

#2 Guus Hiddink

Chelsea Press Conference

The only manager in our list who can claim to be an interim manager twice is the Dutch international Guus Hiddink.

Hiddink was appointed Chelsea manager twice in the last decade, and on both the occasions he left the club in a better position than when he had found them.

But, we consider the achievement of bringing The Blues, the reigning champions in the 2015-16 season, from the brink of relegation to a top-half finish a greater achievement than all that he achieved in his first temporary charge.

In 2009, he won the FA Cup and lost only one game across all competitions as a manager in his spell, while finishing third in the Premier League.

But, it was in his second spell that he would go on to set the record for the longest unbeaten start in charge of a PL club, with 12 games unbeaten following Jose Mourinho's departure that left the club at 16th in the table.

He helped the club to a solid sixth-place finish and then left the club.