European football: Four managers who are likely to be sacked this season

The new season has come with huge expectations. Football fans continue to demand more from their clubs. Some teams have already hit the ground running - putting up spectacular displays and earning decent results. On the other hand, there are also others who have failed to convince with their performances so far, which raises many hot questions over their readiness for the campaign.

Could it be that these teams did not prepare at all during the summer? Of course not. Most of them signed good players. Are the managers not worthy of the teams? True, they might have been performing below their standards recently, but we've seen them work wonders at the clubs they are helming before this season.

Thus, it begs the question - will the club chiefs put their former glittering performances into consideration and continue to endure these horrific results, or will they take the bull by the horns and swing the axe as soon as possible?

Should the latter emerge to be the case, then these managers are likely to be out of a job soon.

#4 Leonardo Jardim (AS Monaco)

Poor results could end the manager's tenure with the French club.

The stats show that Monaco are performing very poorly in the Ligue 1 this season. Having won a disappointing 22% of their matches and earning just a paltry nine points from nine games so far, the French giants find themselves sitting uncomfortably at the 16th position on the table. If the axe is to be swung on manager Leonardo Jardim, it will surely come soon if the club continues their current run of form.

Losing and drawing three of their nine opening games is not a good start for a club that produced one of the finest teams in Europe a few years ago. Everyone thought Monaco would be able to rebuild the team from the amount they were able to collect from PSG over the sale of Kylian Mbappe.

Looking over their shoulder at the relegation zone is not a very good position for AS Monaco to find themselves in. And should the results not get better, it won’t be long before the Portuguese finds himself out of job.

#3 Marco Silva (Everton)

Everton has failed to meet expectations this season.

With over €100 million spent in the summer to reinforce the team, it's disappointing that Everton do not look to be any better than before. The Toffees are currently in the relegation zone of the Premier League following their extremely slow start in the English top-flight - where they've earned a paltry seven points from eight games so far.

Losing five and drawing one out of their opening eight games is not a good start for a team that spent so much in the transfer market to begin the season. With the acquisition of Alex Iwobi, Moise Kean, Djibril Sidibe, Andre Gomes, and a host of other decent players during the summer, much was expected of this team.

But at this rate, Everton seem to be going way below par their expectations. As such, Marco Silva should be ready to spend some time out of job very soon if the results fail to turn up.

#2 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United)

The Norwegian continues to struggle at Old Trafford

This is a man whose first few games in charge of the club had people singing to the high heavens that the much-awaited replacement for the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson has finally landed at Old Trafford. But since then, everything has gone the other way.

Occupying the1 2th position in the Premier League table right now with nine points from eight games, the situation isn't satisfactory for the Red Devils faithful, who continue to pray for a miracle to save their season.

United began the term with a 4-0 victory over Chelsea that raised their expectations for the campaign. But, after seven games in the English top flight, the team does not seem to have any direction and a lot of people are already calling for Solkjaer's head.

Everyone knows that a club of United's stature won't tolerate mediocrity for long. If things continue as they are, it won’t be long before the 46-year-old finds himself packing his bags.

#1 Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham Hotspur)

Poch has fallen under intense scrutiny at White Hary Lane.

The Spaniard has been working wonders at White Hart Lane for the past few years. He earned a lot of respect by overcoming an outstanding Ajax team that seemed unstoppable last season - overturning a 1-0 deficit along the way to get to the final of the Champions League against all odds.

What is more amazing is the fact that the club made no signings in the summer of that season. This time around, Poch, as he is fondly called, is taking his Tottenham team in the other direction. The Spurs are currently 9th in the Premier League table after losing 3 of their 8 games so far and do not appear to be any closer to finding their form.

Their Champions League outing is worse. Pochettino's men were recently humiliated in front of their own fans when they succumbed to a 7-2 drubbing at the hands of Bayern Munich. They sit at the bottom of Group B with just a point. If these results continue, the Spurs bosses might be left with no option other than to get rid of the manager.

Edited by S Chowdhury