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Jose Mourinho <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The 2022\/23 Premier League season has already claimed its first managerial victim \u2013 and it\u2019s Scott Parker who has to trudge off before the end of August.<\/p>\n

The former England midfielder was given the boot by the Cherries only three days after an embarrassing 9-0 defeat to Liverpool. The club insinuated a lack of respect from Parker in their statement, adding: \u201cIn order for us to keep progressing as a team and a club as a whole, it is unconditional that we are aligned in our strategy to run the club sustainably.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ouch. Scott\u2019s got to walk away now, it\u2019s over. Bournemouth haven\u2019t been helped by a cruel start to the season, also losing to Manchester City and Arsenal after their opening day victory over Aston Villa.<\/p>\n

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But he\u2019s not the only boss to have had his clothes chucked off the balcony and told to scram.<\/p>\n

Here are the managers who have been let go the fewest games into a new season:<\/p>\n

17.\u00a0Jose Mourinho \u2013 39 days<\/h2>\n
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The Special One \/ Mark Thompson\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Without doubt, one of the most shocking sackings in football. Early in his fourth season at\u00a0Chelsea, Jose Mourinho lost his mojo and decided to go to war. He challenged owner Roman Abramovich to back him with signings, or sack him.<\/p>\n

Abramovich chose the latter, and after two Premier League titles in the previous three years, the Special One was the Special Gone only six matches into the 2007\/08 campaign.<\/p>\n

16.\u00a0Paolo Di Canio \u2013 36 days<\/h2>\n
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A fiery spell in Sunderland \/ Michael Regan\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ah, how we miss the days when Sunderland were in the Premier League. Every season was filled with danger and relegation terror, but they almost always produced a glorious and miraculous escape \u2013 until they didn\u2019t, obviously.<\/p>\n

Paolo Di Canio was tasked with inspiring one of the great escapes in 2013, and he did just that, keeping the Black Cats in the top flight with a memorable Tyne-Wear derby win.<\/p>\n

But five games into 2013\/14, he was gone. Football waits for no man.<\/p>\n

15.\u00a0Glenn Hoddle \u2013 36 days<\/h2>\n
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Sacked in 2003! You\u2019re getting sacked in 2003! \/ Ross Kinnaird\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not the last\u00a0Tottenham Hotspur\u00a0entry, that\u2019s for sure. The football landscape was very different in 2003, and the start to the 2003\/04 season saw the north Londoners hit the panic button.<\/p>\n

Six games into the new season, Spurs dropped into the bottom three after a 3-1 defeat to Southampton, and enough was enough for the board. The blame was laid upon the shoulders of Glenn Hoddle, and he was sent packing.<\/p>\n

14.\u00a0Frank de Boer \u2013 31 days<\/h2>\n
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\u201cThe worst manager in the history of the Premier League\u201d \/ Alex Livesey\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Frank de Boer was hired by Crystal Palace on 26 June 2017. On 11 September 2017, Frank de Boer was sacked by\u00a0Crystal Palace. Who better to sum up his time with the Eagles than Mr Mourinho?<\/p>\n

\u201cI read some quote from the worst manager in the history of the Premier League, Frank de Boer,\u201d Mourinho said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was saying that it is not good for Marcus Rashford to have a coach like me, because the most important thing for me is to win.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he was coached by Frank, he would learn how to lose because he lost every game.\u201d<\/p>\n

13.\u00a0Javi Gracia \u2013 29 days<\/h2>\n
\"Javi
Another Pozzo victim \/ Ian MacNicol\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Time to put some respect on Javi Gracia\u2019s name, because he\u2019s lasted the longest of any manager throughout the Pozzo era. However, having guided Watford to an FA Cup final in 2019, the coach was sacked a few months later \u2013 and only four games into the new season.<\/p>\n

Watford then appointed Quique Sanchez Flores (who was sacked 10 games later) and ended the season relegated back to the Championship. Probably a rash call, this one.<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0Scott Parker \u2013 25 days<\/h2>\n
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Scott Parker\u2019s Bournemouth reign came to an abrupt end \/ Visionhaus\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The most recent entry, a 9-0 defeat at Liverpool spelled the end for Scott Parker at Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

He had brought the Cherries back up to the Premier League from the Championship, but defeats to Manchester City and Arsenal, as well as some evident backroom tensions, saw Parker depart.<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0Gianluca Vialli \u2013 24 days<\/h2>\n
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Gianluca Vialli with assistant Ray Wilkins \/ Shaun Botterill\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was all smelling of roses for Gianluca Vialli and Chelsea at the start of the 2000\/01 campaign, as they kicked it off with a trophy \u2013 the prestigious Charity Shield.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where the happy days ended, however, as fall-outs with players, poor results and utter chaos saw Vialli get the chop a handful of matches into the new season.<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0Graeme Souness \u2013 23 days<\/h2>\n
\"Graeme
Graeme Souness left Blackburn Rovers for Newcastle \/ Phil Cole\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We\u2019re more accustomed to seeing the snarling Graeme Souness on our television screens, but back in the 2000s he was a well established Premier League manager.<\/p>\n

He left his role with Blackburn after four years early in the 2004\/05 season to join Newcastle, a decision which backfired horribly.<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0Howard Wilkinson \u2013 23 days<\/h2>\n
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Howard Wilkinson\u2019s Sunderland spell went disastrously wrong \/ Gary M. Prior\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leeds United\u00a0went through a couple of decades of being an absolute basket case of a club, but Howard Wilkinson\u2019s sacking was a foreshadowing of what was to come in Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

Wilkinson was in charge of the Whites for half a decade, but his reign came to an abrupt end in 1996, when he was sacked after only five matches.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0Ruud Gullit \u2013 21 days<\/h2>\n
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Ruud Gullit fell out a with number of people at Newcastle, namely Alan Shearer \/ Clive Brunskill\/GettyImages
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Ruud Gullit fell out a with number of people at Newcastle, namely Alan Shearer \/ Clive Brunskill\/GettyImages<\/p>\n

Newcastle might have been hoping for some similar FA Cup success to what Ruud Gullit enjoyed at Chelsea as manager, but it wasn\u2019t to be.<\/p>\n

They did reach the final of that competition but personal problems with club icons like Alan Shearer and Robert Lee harmed his authority and he would soon resign.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0Christian Gross \u2013 21 days<\/h2>\n
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The shortest serving boss \/ Laurence Griffiths\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What a weird time in Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s history this was. Despite boasting so little experience as a manager, Christian Gross was given the Spurs job.<\/p>\n

He almost got them relegated in the 1997\/98 campaign, but they just about stayed up. He was only given three games of the 1998\/99 season however, before Spurs pulled the plug on this experiment. Madness.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Kevin Keegan \u2013 19 days<\/h2>\n
\"Kevin
Kevin Keegan\u2019s second spell at Newcastle ended abruptly \/ Ryan Pierse\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kevin Keegan is one of a number of Newcastle managers who couldn\u2019t make it the early summer months \u2013 Eddie Howe is safe enough for now, but it\u2019s an interesting trend.<\/p>\n

Keegan was gone by September, having publicly criticised Newcastle\u2019s board and then owner Mike Ashley.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Alan Curbishley \u2013 18 days<\/h2>\n
\"Alan
Alan Curbishley walked away from West Ham \/ Phil Cole\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where in the world is Alan Curbishley?<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a Charlton legend, having managed them for 15 years from 1991 to 2006, but success at West Ham was harder to come by.<\/p>\n

He resigned over the club\u2019s transfer dealings and won a case of constructive dismissal having not had the final say on players being signed and sold.<\/p>\n

He hasn\u2019t taken a full manager position since.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Sir Bobby Robson \u2013 16 days<\/h2>\n
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A legend of the game \/ Stu Forster\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was the end of an era at St James\u2019 Park, as club legend Sir Bobby Robson was relieved of his duties in 2004, four matches into the new season.<\/p>\n

It was a sad day for those at\u00a0Newcastle United, waving goodbye to a coach who desperately wanted to return them to the top of English football. Those days now feel like a distant memory for the Magpies.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Kenny Dalglish \u2013 12 days<\/h2>\n
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Kenny Dalglish was given the boot just 12 days into the 1998\/99 season \/ Getty Images\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kenny Dalglish\u2019s time at Newcastle is probably as close to failure as the legendary Scot got during his playing and coaching career.<\/p>\n

The Magpies\u2019 transfer dealings under Dalglish were negative and Freddie Shepherd elected to get rid of him just two games into the 1998\/99 season.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Peter Reid \u2013 12 days<\/h2>\n
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Peter Reid was player\/manager for Manchester City \/ Getty Images\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Manchester City\u00a0have not always been the superstar-laden club they are now, and their situation was very different back in 1993.<\/p>\n

Frustrated by neighbours Manchester United\u2019s good start to the season and with only one point in 12 of their own, the Citizens took their anger out on Reid, sacking their manager four games into the season.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Paul Sturrock \u2013 9 days<\/h2>\n
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Sturrock was in and out quickly at Southampton \/ Julian Herbert\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Blink and you\u2019ll miss it. To call Paul Sturrock\u2019s stint at Southampton a short one would be underselling it.<\/p>\n

He only had 13 games in charge and was ditched by mutual consent just two matches into the 2004\/05 season, picking up a 3-2 win in his final act as Saints boss.<\/p>\n

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