5 underrated managers who could make it big in the near future

4# Marco Silva

Watford are currently placed 10th in the Premier League table under Marco Silva

Talking to players at length, taking coaching sessions himself and spending hours planning for games is what Marco Silva does. Like any other modern manager, his obsession for detail and ambitious plans have had some top clubs fawning over his achievements.

It is hardly surprising that his Watford side have gone from utterly stale under Walter Mazzarri to buzzing with vibrant energy. Turning down Crystal Palace and FC Porto back home, Silva has his men play some aggressive football which involves winning the ball high up the pitch and breaking at pace.

While fans across Europe are beginning to realise his ambitious and tactical superiority at Watford, they aren’t aware of the miracles he’s performed before arriving at Vicarage Road. As soon as he finished a rather ordinary career as a player, he took up the role of a manager at Estoril when they finished 10th in the second division of the Portuguese league that particular season.

In just one year, he helped the team make their way back to the top flight after seven long years. On returning, Silva guided his ‘fearless’ team that managed to come away with 8 points in four games against heavyweights Sporting and Benfica to an astonishing 5th place and subsequently, the Europa League.

Before departing for Sporting, he bettered his previous season with a fourth place finish which involved inflicting a defeat to Porto at their home, their first in six years.

At Sporting he won the Taca de Portugal, the club’s first piece of silverware since 2008. After being sacked for not wearing the club suit at a cup fixture, he departed for Olympiacos where he helped the club win its 43rd title with six games to spare.

It's only a matter of time before some big club snaps up Marco Silva.