Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Liam Rosenior was the 10th Premier League manager to lose his job this season
Senior football correspondentPublished23 April 2026, 16:51 BSTUpdated 2 minutes agoThis summer is shaping up to be one of managerial uncertainty and upheaval at the end of a season in which 10 Premier League bosses have already left their jobs.
Liam Rosenior was the most recent of those - sacked by Chelsea earlier this week after three months in charge.
Looking ahead to the summer, there are questions around the long-term futures of Manchester City's Pep Guardiola and Fulham's Marco Silva, while Liverpool boss Arne Slot and Newcastle counterpart Eddie Howe have come under scrutiny.
Beyond that, Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Manchester United need to make appointments. Bournemouth have already done that by luring Marco Rose, but current Cherries boss Andoni Iraola is now on the market.
There are also a number of top World Cup managers who could come on the market, and others such as former Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso looking for their next move.
Senior football correspondent Sami Mokbel analyses an intense manager market as it stands, and discovers that uncertainty is the key word.
Let's start with those three clubs definitely needing a new manager - Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Manchester United.
Michael Carrick has done his chances of securing the United job on a full-time basis no harm at all while working on an interim basis since Ruben Amorim's dismissal.
And their expected Champions League qualification will only serve to strengthen his claims to become the club's next permanent boss.
Players are responding to the former United and England midfielder's methods and have recorded some impressive results during his reign.
The club want their next manager to be a good coach but also someone with character and charisma to cope with the scrutiny that comes with the job.
As impressive as Carrick has been, he does not have the sort of experience of managing a club the size of United some inside the club believe to be a necessary component of their next boss.
If the appointment of a proven, big-name manager becomes achievable, United could yet pivot but, as things stand, Carrick is a strong candidate.
Elsewhere, Rosenior's sacking means Chelsea's US owners need to appoint a fifth full-time manager since their arrival in 2022.
Chelsea insist they are not in active discussions with any candidates at this moment, though it is understood internal discussions over their priority targets are under way.
Landing their preferred candidates may be easier said than done, though, with a number of industry sources indicating the difficulties predecessors have run into over recruitment in recent years may mean top managers are reluctant.
Iraola is expected to be high on the club's final shortlist of candidates given his excellent work at Bournemouth while Fulham boss Silva is another who is likely to be discussed if he decides not to renew his contract.
Edin Terzic - a contender for the Athletic Bilbao vacancy, Alonso and Cesc Fabregas may also emerge as candidates, while the club are mindful of Howe's potential availability this summer.
Oliver Glasner has already confirmed he will be leaving Crystal Palace this summer, and the club are well down the line of completing checks on potential replacements.