5 managers who are favourites lose their job this season

#1 Domenico Tedesco – Schalke 04

This one is much less on the manager but definitely on a club that has only given a year to their last three managers.

The appointment of the 31-year-old came a little out of left-field, having mainly managed youth teams until a spell with 2. Bundesliga side Ergebirge Aue last season. He saved them from almost certain relegation, managing to get them as high as 14th by the end of the season, but his inexperience will worry many fans in Gelsenkirchen.

A poor season last time out and without huge reinvestment, it’s hard to see Schalke rising back into the Champions League fight anytime soon. They have a gifted young squad but with a few already eyeing a move and others coming off spells on the sidelines, it will be a difficult job to get them firing again.

This smells of the Schalke board again jumping on a bandwagon, given the successes of another young German manager in Julian Nagelsmann at Hoffenheim. However, with huge expectations at Schalke, Tedesco will be facing a monumental battle if he ever finds a period of indifferent form.