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#3 Jose Mourinho | Tottenham Hotspur
After Jose Mourinho was announced as Spurs manager, many believed this would be the end of their trophy drought. Only a serial winner could get Spurs a major trophy right? So how do you sack this winning manager one week before the final? This was a question that left so many people puzzled. One week before the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City, Spurs announced they had parted ways with Jose Mourinho.
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It was reported by famous football journalist Duncan Castles that the reason for this was a difference in opinion over the team selection with Daniel Levy. There were also rumours flying around at the time that Mourinho stepped down due to Tottenham Hotspur's involvement in the European Super League. The reason is still unclear to this date, but Jose Mourinho had a falling out with Daniel Levy. What's Jose without any drama, anyway?
#2 Gus Poyet | Brighton & Hove Albion
This is an incident that isn't talked about enough. Gus Poyet was the manager who laid the foundation for Brighton to go from a side struggling in League 1 to a strong Premier League side in a span of a few years. He gave them what was probably their best season in the club's history. All this went downhill after a play-off semi-final defeat to Crystal Palace. Poyet used the post-match interview to complain about the lack of financial backing.
Shortly after, Tony Bloom, the owner of the club, sacked the manager (on live TV). The incident alone tarnished his image as a legend at the club. Following this, Poyet missed a disciplinary hearing at the club. Since then, neither side has spoken about it openly. In a recent podcast, Poyet established that he had a good relationship with Bloom but admitted that the club thought that he "had too much power."
#1 Antonio Conte | Inter Milan & Chelsea
Antonio Conte is a passionate, tactical and title winning manager at multiple clubs. He has proven is mettle time and time again in multiple countries. When Conte joined Chelsea, nobody expected him to deliver a league title in his first season. But he did, and in his own words described it as a "miracle." The ending wasn't as smooth as the start though.
Conte wanted the final say over player signings and was looking to control the Chelsea academy, but wasn't permitted to do either of them as a manager. He eventually lost the dressing room, causing more unrest. Towards the end when results weren't satisfactory, Conte was due to be sacked but another argument ensued around his final compensation. Not the most amicable departure.
A similar story unfolded at Inter for Conte. It came after delivering them their first league title in over a decade. But shortly after, he had a reported fallout with the owners. Inter Milan's Chinese owners were cash strapped and were looking to offload some players to balance their books. This prevented him from building on the succes from last season. The cost cutting eventually led to him resigning as their manager. Conte was in talks with Daniel Levy to become the next Spurs manager, but unsurprisingly, the negotiations never really took off owing to differences in opinion.
