Last season, Premier league and football league clubs spent nearly £100 million changing their manager.
According to figures released to the BBC by the League Managers Association (LMA), the cost of compensation, legal fees and ‘double contracts’ amounted to £99m.
A ‘double contract’ is when a sacked manager’s contract is honoured until a certain point in time but his replacement also requires a salary.
October is traditionally the month when clubs begin sacking their managers. Between October 2010 and February 2011, 25 clubs opted for that course of action.
Most notable managers that have been given the boot are Peter Reid from Plymouth Argyle, Steve Mclaren from Nottingham Forest and Keith Millen from Bristol City.
Here are a few interesting stats:
- The average length of time it takes for a sacked manager to get another job is estimated at around 1.63 years
- Almost half of first time managers are never appointed a second management job in football
- In 2010-11 Managers in the championship had an estimated tenure of less than a year
Here is what Sir Alex Ferguson had to say on the matter:
“It’s always a problem in modern-day management, You see time and time again that these guys are only in a position a year before the clubs are sacking them.”
Sir Alex Ferguson has been in charge at Manchester United for 25 years and so he appreciates stability at his club.
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