A slew of sackings of coaches in the Premier League! Chelsea emerges victorious, Manchester United emerges as alternative overlord, and Mourinho is the winner

Today's Premier League is recognized as the top of the five major European leagues. Not only does they rank first in commercial operations in terms of revenue; they also dominate the list in terms of signing expenditures in the summer and winter windows of almost every season; of course, they have never been soft on firing head coaches, and at the same time they have paid compensation to coaches. Jin is also the top player in football, among which the contribution of League B6 is the greatest. The madman Mourinho has become the biggest winner among the dismissed coaches, and he is also the first person in football. Some fans joked: "Magic Bird can spend more than three lifetimes on compensation alone." What do you think? Abramovich's words at that time may represent the mentality of the entire Premier League era: "We are not afraid of spending money, we are only afraid of not winning." Now it seems that this sentence is still harsh, but it is also cruel and true.

Since the Premier League was restructured in 1992, the six major clubs: Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham, have spent a terrifying amount of compensation on head coach changes. According to statistics from the British media "footballblog", these six clubs paid a total of 379.85 million pounds in order to "ask the coach to leave". Isn't it quite wealthy? Let’s take a look at the amount behind these magical operations.

Chelsea: Changing coaches is like changing seasons, and the money-burning championship is well deserved.

If there is any club in the Premier League that is the most "willing" to change coaches, the answer must be Chelsea. Since Abramovich took over at the Bridge, Chelsea's coaching bench has almost become a revolving door. So far, they have fired 17 coaches and spent a total of nearly 157 million pounds in compensation, ranking first in the Premier League. The average cost of each coaching change is as high as 9.21 million pounds.

The following are the three highest compensation payments:

Conte (2018): 26.6 million pounds

Mourinho (2007): 23.1 million pounds

Tuchel (2022): 15 million pounds

Conte's departure can be called a model breakup in Chelsea history. Although he led the team to win the Premier League championship, the conflict with the management intensified. In the end, the club had to pay a sky-high breakup fee of 26.6 million pounds, of which Conte himself received about 10 million pounds, becoming the most expensive dismissal bill in Europe that year.

Madman Mourinho is Chelsea’s nightmare and legend. He was sacked twice at the Bridge, with a total compensation of more than 46 million pounds. If you include his termination from Manchester United and Tottenham, Mourinho personally cost the three Premier League giants a total of 62 million pounds in breakup fees. It can be said that he is the king of compensation.

Manchester United: Frequent coaching changes, more expensive

Compared with Chelsea, although Manchester United does not sack many players, its single cost ranks first in the Premier League. Statistics show that the Red Devils spend an average of 10.48 million pounds on each coaching change.

Here are the top three managers:

Mourinho (2018): £19.6 million

David Moyes (2014): £7 million Pound

Van Gaal (2016): £5.5 million

After Ferguson retired, Manchester United seemed to have fallen into the curse of coach rotation, with each term worse than the last. Every time the coach changes, not only does he have to spend money to send him away, but he also has to spend more money to "invite a new one." The long-term turmoil has caused the club to suffer both financial and competitive losses. This is the current situation of the Red Devils. The dismissal bell for young coach Amorim has already rang loudly.

Although Tottenham do not play as frequently as Chelsea, they are not hesitant to spend money. In the past five years alone, they have paid millions of termination fees three times:

Mourinho (2021): 11 million

Pochettino (2019): 8.5 million

Nuno (2021): 8 million

Especially Mourinho's departure was even more dramatic. Just one week before the League Cup final, he was ruthlessly fired by the club. Fans joked: "Tottenham would rather pay tens of millions more than let him win another trophy."

As for Liverpool, although the stability in the Klopp era is impressive, the Red Army has also paid for many coaches before:

Rogers (20 15 years): 15.6 million

Hodgson (2011): 7.3 million

Souness (1994): 3.9 million

As for Arsenal, they are the club with the fewest dismissals among the six giants, only 4 times. But the end of the Wenger era also cost the club a lot of money. In 2018, Wenger left Arsenal and received a compensation of up to 17.1 million pounds. Although the official statement was that the breakup was amicable, Wenger himself later revealed: "At that point in time, it was not my own decision." This sentence almost brought an end to an era for Arsenal.

Manchester City: The most frugal giant

In contrast, Manchester City is the club with the least dismissal expenses among the six giants, totaling approximately 2.69 million pounds.

The main bills include:

Mancini (2013): 7 million

Mark Hughes (2009): 4 million

Pearce (2007): 2 million

Under Guardiola's long-term coaching, Manchester City has hardly spent a penny on sackings. This stability is an important cornerstone of their dynasty. Compared with Chelsea's exchange of money for passion, Manchester City is more like exchange of time and trust for success.