The Premier League’s tenure list has a new leader as Pep Guardiola has concluded his time at Manchester City in what was a decade of winning at the helm.
Mikel Arteta, coincidentally the reigning Premier League champion is now the longest-tenured PL boss having led Arsenal since December 22, 2019.
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No, it isn’t a long-term business.
This is Premier League management, and changes will happen again and again — Only four active Premier League managers entered the 2025-26 season having been in their job for more than three years.
Manchester United and Chelsea both removed their managers in the first week of 2026. Wolves also made a manager switch this season, hiring Rob Edwards after parting ways with Vitor Pereira in November, more than a quarter of the league has changed bosses since Week 1. So did Tottenham Hotspur, firing Thomas Frank the same day that Forest fired Sean Dyche. Pereira’s back in a job because of that last move.
Let’s take a run through the men who have hopped on the Premier League managerial roller coaster.
Premier League managers by tenure
- Mikel Arteta, Arsenal — December 22, 2019
- Marco Silva, Fulham — July 1, 2021
- Eddie Howe, Newcastle United — November 8, 2021
- Kieran McKenna, Ipswich Town — December 20, 2021*
- Unai Emery, Aston Villa — November 1, 2022
- Daniel Farke, Leeds United — July 4, 2023
- Arne Slot, Liverpool — June 1, 2024
- Regis Le Bris, Sunderland — July 1, 2024
- Fabian Hurzeler, Brighton & Hove Albion — July 2, 2024
- Frank Lampard, Coventry City — November 28, 2024
- David Moyes, Everton — January 11, 2025
- Sergej Jakirović, Hull City — June 11, 2025
- Keith Andrews, Brentford — June 27, 2025
- Michael Carrick Manchester United — January 13, 2026
- Vitor Pereira, Nottingham Forest — February 15, 2026
- Roberto De Zerbi, Tottenham Hotspur — March 31, 2026
- Marco Rose, Bournemouth — July 1, 2026
- Xabi Alonso, Chelsea — July 1, 2026
- Vacant — Manchester City
- Vacant — Crystal Palace
*Ipswich Town, Hull City, and Coventry City were promoted after the 2025-26 Championship seasons.
Who was the longest-tenured Premier League manager?
It’s difficult to imagine anyone doing the job longer than the legend who lasted nearly 10,000 days.
Sir Alex Ferguson was in charge of Manchester United from November 6, 1986 to June 1, 2023, a span of 9,704 days that are unlikely to be replicated by anyone else.
Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal tenure runs second, and he’s actually managed more PL games than Ferguson due to the date of the schedule’s expansion. Wenger has managed 828 games, 18 more than Ferguson.
Who has managed the most Premier League clubs?
Sam Allardyce has run nine clubs, each once.
Roy Hodgson and Mark Hughes have managed six different clubs.
Steve Bruce, Harry Redknapp, and Alan Pardew are next with five.
List of Premier League title-winning managers
- Alex Ferguson, Manchester United — 13 titles
- Pep Guardiola, Manchester City — 6
- Jose Mourinho, Chelsea — 3
- Arsene Wenger, Arsenal — 3
- Kenny Dalglish, Blackburn Rovers — 1
- Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea — 1
- Roberto Mancini, Manchester City — 1
- Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City — 1
- Claudio Ranieri, Leicester City — 1
- Antonio Conte, Chelsea — 1
- Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool — 1
- Arne Slot, Liverpool — 1
- Mikel Arteta, Arsenal — 1
