Two Premier League managers have lost their jobs in two hours

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Sunrise on Thursday 12 November 2026, all 20 Premier League managers who were at their clubs when the 2026-27 season kicked off were still in their jobs.

Then just like waiting for the bus, two come at once.

In the space of two hours today, a couple of clubs sacked their Premier League managers.

Manchester United sending Michael Carrick on his way this Thursday morning, then Crystal Palace doing the same with Pierre Sage very soon afterwards.

That is two of three clubs in the Premier League relegation zone having sacked their managers so far in this international break, with Sunderland second bottom is Regis Le Bris safe?

The 2026-27 season is still trailing the 2025-26 campaign though, as by this time four Premier League managers had been sacked by early November 2025.

At the same though. there was then a two month gap between the start of November 2025 and start of January 2026 before a fifth top tier manager was sacked.

In total, eleven Premier League managers were sacked during last (2025-26) season (with their replacements in brackets):

9 September 2025 – Nuno leaves Forest (Ange Postecoglou) 27 September 2025 – Graham Potter leaves West Ham (Nuno) 18 October 2025 – Ange Postecoglou leaves Forest (Sean Dyche) 2 November 2025 – Vitor Pereira leaves Wolves (Rob Edwards) 1 January 2026 – Enzo Maresca leaves Chelsea (Liam Rosenior) 5 January 2026 – Ruben Amorim leaves Man U (Michael Carrick) 11 February 2026 – Thomas Frank leaves Spurs (Igor Tudor) 12 February 2026 – Sean Dyche leaves Forest (Vitor Pereira) 29 March 2026 – Igor Tudor leaves Spurs (Roberto de Zerbi) 22 April 2026 – Liam Rosenior leaves Chelsea (Caretaker boss for rest of season) 30 April 2026 – Scott Parker leaves Burnley (Caretaker boss for rest of season)

Premier League table on Thursday 12 November 2026

Reading what it says in the media, it appears that Mauricio Pochettino and Thomas Frank are set to be the replacements for Michael Carrick and Pierre Sage respectively. 🎙️ THE MAG PODCAST

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