Niko Kovac was sacked months after he won the double at Bayern. He’s not the first manager who has been treated harshly
Claudio Ranieri was sacked in February 2017, nine months after he led Leicester to their first ever league title. Where was his final game in charge?
Colchester
Seville
Glasgow
Tokyo
Manchester United sacked Louis van Gaal on 23 May 2016. Which player scored the final goal of his tenure two days earlier?
Daley Blind
Ander Herrera
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Jesse Lingard
Real Madrid won the Champions League in 1998 and sacked their manager, Jupp Heynckes, a week later. How did the club’s president, Lorenzo Sanz, try to justify the decision?
He said: “We only won the final 1-0 and it was boring”
He said: “If we had not won the European Cup, this would have been one of the worst seasons in recent years”
He said: “I would rather win the Copa del Rey”
He said: “Heynckes did not look good in front of the cameras. He never smiled”
José Mourinho left Chelsea in September 2007 after a disappointing 1-1 draw against Rosenborg in the Champions League. What happened to Chelsea in the competition that season?
They won it for the first time in their history
They finished bottom of their group
They finished third, fell into the Europa League and won that tournament instead
They reached the final and lost on penalties
Bobby Robson won the Cup Winners’ Cup and Copa del Rey in his first season at Barcelona, but it wasn’t enough to save his job. Who took his place?
Pep Guardiola
Louis van Gaal
Frank Rijkaard
Johan Cruyff
Three managers have won European trophies for Chelsea this century. Which of them made it through the summer and was still at the club when the following season began?
Rafa Benítez
Maurizio Sarri
Roberto Di Matteo
None of them
Which club replaced their manager in May 2015 straight after he had secured them promotion to the Premier League?
Fulham
Norwich City
Queens Park Rangers
Watford
In his four seasons as Real Madrid manager, Vicente del Bosque won La Liga twice and the Champions League twice. But apparently that wasn’t good enough for the club. He was sacked in 2003, a few days after he had won the league title. What else happened at Real Madrid that week?
Del Bosque accused the Real Madrid president of fraud
They were beaten 4-0 by Barcelona in the final game of the season
They signed David Beckham
They lost the Champions League final to Milan
Carlo Ancelotti was sacked by Chelsea in 2011, a year after he had won the Premier League and FA Cup. In which two countries has he won league titles since leaving Chelsea?
Spain and Italy
France and Germany
Italy and Portugal
Spain and Qatar
Jørn Andersen led Mainz to promotion in the 2007-08 season, but was sacked before the start of the following season as the board wanted him to play a different style of football. Who did they pick to replace Andersen?
Joachim Löw
Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klopp
The club’s chairman
1 and above.
It’s time you picked up a P45
2 and above.
It’s time you picked up a P45
3 and above.
It’s time you picked up a P45
4 and above.
It’s time you picked up a P45
5 and above.
Never mind the sack – you’re due a promotion
6 and above.
Never mind the sack – you’re due a promotion
7 and above.
Never mind the sack – you’re due a promotion
8 and above.
Never mind the sack – you’re due a big promotion
9 and above.
Never mind the sack – you’re due a big promotion
0 and above.
It’s time you picked up a P45
10 and above.
Never mind the sack – you’re due a big promotion
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