Premier League bosses ‘call for radical rule change over sackings’ after 38 dismissals in top four leagues already this season
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Leading managers are reportedly calling for new rules that mean they can only be sacked during the transfer window.
Players can only change clubs during the summer and January periods and top-level bosses apparently believe a similar system should apply to them.
The Sun Report that a number of experienced Premier League coaches are lobbying the League Managers Association for a change to the rules, because dismissals are currently too easy.
The newspaper quotes an anonymous manager as saying: ‘Players have contracts and rules that mean they are not placed outside the windows. The same should apply to us.’
Twelve sacks were made in the Premier League in the 2022-23 season, including two by Chelsea and Leeds United, while two more bosses left their posts by mutual consent.
Leading managers are reportedly calling for a radical rule change that will see clubs only be able to sack them during the transfer window. Pictured are Jürgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola
Steve Cooper was the latest Premier League boss to be sacked by Nottingham Forest in December
Sunderland fired Michael Beale as manager of the club last week after just twelve games
The pace has slowed this season, with only three managers sacked, but that hasn’t stopped calls for change.
Bournemouth sacked Gary O’Neil ahead of preparations to sign Andoni Iraola, while Sheffield United’s Paul Heckingbottom and Nottingham Forest’s Steve Cooper lost their jobs in December.
Julen Lopetegui left Wolves by mutual consent on the eve of the season, while Roy Hodgson resigned from Crystal Palace last week after health problems.
In addition, Jurgen Klopp has announced that he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season.
But managerial turnover in the Championship has already led to 12 sackings this season, with Michael Beale at Sunderland and Joe Edwards at Millwall the latest victims.
There have been ten redundancies in League One and thirteen in League Two this season, an indication that patience is waning among owners as results start to turn bad.