Which Premier League Big Six coaches are on the hot seat? Which ones have the safest job security? Let’s rank each club’s manager in order of their likelihood of losing their jobs in 2026.
6. Igor Tudor, Tottenham Hotspur
Igor Tudor is as good as gone as Tottenham Hotspur interim manager. The problems obviously go well beyond him, but Spurs have yet to win a game with Tudor, who, quite frankly, looks totally out of his depth at a Premier League Big Six club.
5. Michael Carrick, Manchester United
If it were up to the Manchester United fans, Michael Carrick would stay on as the permanent manager of the club, no questions asked. He has turned around Man United’s fortunes and made them immediately into Champions League contenders, and while the Newcastle defeat showed his weaknesses tactically against top managers and teams, you would back a guy who was as smart as a coach on the field during his playing days to figure it out. That being said, Man United are looking at other managers, and Carrick is easy to move on from as an interim manager if someone like Julian Nagelsmann starts getting interested.
4. Arne Slot, Liverpool
Liverpool fans have a dimmer view of Arne Slot than Manchester United fans do of Carrick, but that’s also because Slot came into the 2025/26 season with more expectations – and they were expectations he created. Slot won the Premier League in his first season and then received a war’s chest of investment, only to squander it with frustrating tactics and man management. Liverpool are nowhere near the title race, and Slot is on the hot seat for sure.
3. Liam Rosenior, Chelsea
Chelsea just hired Liam Rosenior from Strasbourg, which is basically their farm club, to replace a disgruntled Enzo Maresca. Rosenior is easy to work with, he knows the system, and he is one of their guys. Todd Boehly changes coaches like a girl changes clothes (shoutout to Katy Perry and the last era of pop music being good), but he will probably show Rosenior more mercy than his predecessors since Rosenior is sort of a reflection of whether or not their system works.
2. Mikel Arteta, Arsenal
Obviously, Mikel Arteta is in no danger of being sacked, and he is as close as he has ever been to the Premier League title. But you can also imagine a world in which Arsenal get fed up with Arteta’s almosts, fans start tuning out because the club play such ugly football without trophies, and then they blow it all up with a new manager. That is highly unlikely because Arteta has Arsenal so close to winning it all, and even if they do collapse once more, Arsenal probably would not fire Arteta unless they took another step back in the 2026/27 season.
1. Pep Guardiola, Manchester City
Pep Guardiola is the only truly unfireable coach in the Premier League. He came off his worst season as Manchester City manager in which the Citizens almost didn’t even qualify for the Champions League. They did, though, and now Man City are back in title contention and as good as any team in world football.
Joe Soriano is the editor of The Trivela Effect and a FanSided Hall of Famer who has covered world football since 2010. He’s led top digital communities like The Real Champs (Real Madrid) and has run sites covering Tottenham, Liverpool, Juventus, and Schalke. He also helped manage NFL Spin Zone and Daily DDT, covering the NFL and pro wrestling.