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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jonathan Wilson

If the manager market is just a roll of the dice, why are De Zerbi and Pereira prospering?

Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi and João Palhinha celebrate
Roberto De Zerbi has instilled a greater spirit at Tottenham to enhance their chances of avoiding relegation. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters

Your manager has fallen out with the sporting director and results have gone awry, so you replace him. Easily done, it happens. But then it turns out that the new manager could not be more ill-suited to the squad, results go awry and so you replace him.

A bad leader would hesitate and hope things worked out, but you are ruthless and decisive and turn to a manager who was once a youth player at the club and has some anecdotes about the old days. But it turns out some people think his methods are old‑fashioned and results go awry, so you replace him.

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