With the Premier League fast approaching, meet the 20 managers who are set to lead their clubs in 2026/27.
Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
Arteta is the longest-serving manager currently in the Premier League. After being appointed in December 2019, he restored Arsenal as title challengers and ended a 22-year wait for the Premier League trophy in the 2025/26 season, which led to Arteta also winning his first Barclays Manager of the Season award.
After playing for Everton and Arsenal, he retired in 2016 and became Pep Guardiola’s assistant at Manchester City for three-and-a-half years.
He left Man City to take his first managerial job at Arsenal, midway through the 2019/20 campaign. That season, they won the FA Cup and qualified for the UEFA Europa League.
Arteta subsequently went toe-to-toe with his former mentor Guardiola in several seasons, before finally beating Man City to the title. The Gunners also reached the UEFA Champions League final in 2025/26, losing on penalties to Paris Saint-Germain.
Unai Emery (Aston Villa)
Emery took his second job as head coach in the Premier League when he took over at Aston Villa in October 2022. Previously, he spent 18 months as manager of Arsenal.
Emery built his reputation as a manager taking Lorca Deportiva into the second tier, before spells at Valencia, Spartak Moscow and Sevilla, where he won three successive Europa League trophies.
Emery won the French Ligue 1 title at Paris Saint-Germain before replacing Arsene Wenger at Arsenal. When he left the Gunners he joined Villarreal, winning the Europa League for a fourth time.
Aston Villa were 16th in the Premier League table when he was appointed and he has delivered a period of sustained success. They have qualified for the Champions League in two out of three seasons and he won a record fifth Europa League in 2025/26.
Marco Rose (AFC Bournemouth)
Rose joined Bournemouth ahead of the 2025/26 season, replacing Andoni Iraola.
As a defender, Rose spent the majority of his career at Mainz 05, playing under former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
It was also where he made a breakthrough as coach, taking Mainz’s second team as player/assistant coach in 2010/11, before his first managerial role at Lokomotive Leipzig.
Three years later, he became Under-16s head coach at RB Salzburg in Austria, before being named head coach of the first team in 2017. Rose won back-to-back league titles and did not lose a home match during his two-year tenure.
When he returned to Germany, with Borussia Monchengladbach, he guided them into the Champions League before being offered the Borussia Dortmund job. He led them to second in the Bundesliga in 2021/22, then joined RB Leipzig and won the DFB-Pokal in 2023.
Keith Andrews (Brentford)
Andrews was promoted internally by Brentford to become their head coach in June 2025.
Following his retirement from playing in 2015, he held roles as an assistant at MK Dons and with the Republic of Ireland’s senior and Under-21 teams, before joining Brentford as a set-piece coach in the summer of 2024.
After his promotion to head coach a year later, Andrews helped the Bees equal their highest-ever Premier League finish when they came ninth in 2025/26, narrowly missing out on qualifying for Europe for the first time in their history.
Fabian Hurzeler (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Hurzeler was appointed by Brighton in June 2024, becoming the youngest-ever head coach to take charge in the Premier League at the age of 31.
He moved into coaching at 23, starting off as a player-manager at FC Pipinsried. In 2020, Hurzeler was named as assistant coach at St Pauli before taking the manager’s job and becoming the second-youngest head coach in German football's second tier.
Hurzeler won his first 10 league matches, steering St Pauli away from the relegation places to a fifth-place finish in 2022/23.
They were unbeaten in their opening 20 Bundesliga 2 matches in 2023/24 and won promotion to the Bundesliga as champions.
After replacing Roberto De Zerbi as Brighton boss, Hurzeler guided the Seagulls to an eighth-place finish in 2024/25 with 61 points, just one shy of their all-time Premier League best of 62 in 2022/23.
He led Brighton to eighth again, but this time it was enough to qualify for the UEFA Conference League, just the second time the club have reached Europe in their history.
Xabi Alonso (Chelsea)
Alonso started as Chelsea manager in July 2026.
He is best known in the Premier League for his five years as a player at Liverpool, where he won the Champions League and lifted the FA Cup.
He went on to win league titles and domestic trophies at Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. In Spain, he won a second Champions League with Real.
He also won two UEFA European Championships and the FIFA World Cup with Spain from 2008 to 2012. Alonso began his coaching journey with Real Madrid’s Under-14s before taking charge of Real Sociedad B in 2019, achieving their first promotion to the Spanish second tier in 59 years.
In his first senior managerial role, he masterminded an unprecedented, unbeaten domestic double at Bayer Leverkusen in the 2023/24 season. It was the club’s first Bundesliga title and DFB-Pokal.
He next took charge at former club Real Madrid, in the summer of 2025, but departed less than eight months later. After a short break, he agreed to move to Chelsea.
Frank Lampard (Coventry City)
After being appointed Coventry head coach in November 2024, Lampard guided them to Premier League promotion in his first full season in charge.
Lampard began his career as a central midfielder at West Ham United, before moving to Chelsea in 2001. In 13 years, he won three Premier League titles, four FA Cup trophies and the Champions League, becoming the club’s all-time leading goalscorer, with 211 goals in all competitions.
Lampard's managerial career began in 2018 at Derby County, leading them to the Championship playoff final, which they lost to Aston Villa.
He was appointed Chelsea head coach in 2019, securing a top-four finish and an FA Cup final appearance in his debut season.
A spell at Everton followed, where he successfully kept them in the top flight, before a brief return to Chelsea as caretaker manager in 2023.
Pierre Sage (Crystal Palace)
Sage was appointed as Crystal Palace head coach in June 2026.
Sage did not play professional football but worked at Lyon in a senior academy leadership role before being promoted to academy director in June 2023.
He got his break when he was made interim manager of the first team and guided them to Europa League qualification, earning him the job on a permanent basis.
After leaving the club in January 2025, he was appointed at RC Lens that summer. In his only season in charge, he led them to their first Coupe de France trophy and secured qualification for the Champions League.
Such success caught the attention of Palace, who hired Sage following the departure of Oliver Glasner at the end of the 2025/26 season.
David Moyes (Everton)
Moyes was appointed for his second spell in charge of Everton in January 2025.
First making a name for himself in coaching at Preston North End, he became Everton manager for the first time in March 2002.
In 11 years in charge, he established Everton as a regulars in Europe and qualified for the Champions League with a fourth-place finish in 2005 – their highest in the Premier League era.
He was appointed as manager to replace Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in 2013/14, but departed before the end of the campaign. He had spells at Real Sociedad and Sunderland before two at West Ham.
He guided them to safety in his first, then in his second led the Hammers to a famous victory in the Conference League final against Fiorentina in June 2023, ending the club’s 43-year wait for a major trophy.
After leaving West Ham again after a successful five-year stint, he was back in the Premier League in January 2025, taking over at Everton.
Alvaro Arbeloa (Fulham)
Nine years after he last played in the Premier League, Arbeloa returned as a manager as Fulham’s head coach in July 2026.
After coming through Real Madrid’s academy, he moved to Deportivo La Coruna before signing for Liverpool in January 2007. A few months after his move, Arbeloa helped the Reds reach the Champions League final.
He returned to Real Madrid in 2009, winning LaLiga, two Copa del Rey trophies and the Champions League twice.
Arbeloa was also part of the Spain squad that lifted the 2010 World Cup and back-to-back European Championships in 2008 and 2012.
After retiring in 2017, following a brief stint at West Ham, he took charge of Real Madrid’s Under-19s then their B team, becoming interim head coach of the seniors in January 2026.
They reached the Champions League quarter-finals and finished second in LaLiga, but he stepped down at the end of the season.
Sergej Jakirovic (Hull City)
Jakirovic became Hull City head coach in summer 2025 and won promotion to the Premier League in his first season.
After hanging up his boots in 2017 following a 20-year career spanning five countries, he moved into management, starting out at Sesvete and then Gorica in Croatia, before a short stint at Maribor in Slovenia.
He led Zrinjski Mostar to the Bosnian Premier League title in 2021/22, then moved to Rijeka in Croatia’s top flight, before becoming boss of Dinamo Zagreb, winning a league and cup double.
Jakirovic’s next assignment came in Turkey with Kayserispor, before he moved to England with Hull. He led them to promotion via the playoffs.
Gary O’Neil (Ipswich Town)
O’Neil became Ipswich manager in June 2026 after Kieran McKenna stepped down shortly after steering them back into the Premier League.
After making more than 214 Premier League appearances across spells with Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, West Ham and Norwich City, O’Neil retired in 2019 and took charge of Liverpool’s Under-23s.
He joined Bournemouth as a first-team coach in 2021 before taking over when Scott Parker left at the start of the 2022/23 season.
He steered Bournemouth to Premier League safety with a 15th-place finish, before he moved on to Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 2023, guiding them to 14th in 2023/24.
O’Neil left Molineux in December 2024, then was appointed by Ligue 1 side Strasbourg, who he took to the semi-finals of the Conference League.
Daniel Farke (Leeds United)
Farke became Leeds United manager in July 2023.
The German spent his playing career as a forward in the lower divisions of his homeland then, after retiring aged 31, became a sporting director at club SV Lippstadt 08.
He was Borussia Dortmund’s reserve team head coach before Norwich appointed him manager in May 2017, winning promotion as Championship winners twice, in 2018/19 and 2020/21, suffering relegation in between.
Departing Norwich, he returned to Germany as boss of Borussia Monchengladbach before joining Leeds. He guided them into the Premier League, winning the Championship title with 100 points then kept them up in the first season back.
Andoni Iraola (Liverpool)
Iraola replaced Arne Slot as Liverpool head coach in June 2026, after three successful years at Bournemouth.
As a player, he made over 500 appearances for Athletic Bilbao, helping them reach the Copa del Rey final twice, as well as the Europa League final in 2012, before ending his career at New York City FC.
Before joining Bournemouth, he had spells at Cypriot side AEK Larnaca and Spain’s Mirandes, developing a reputation as giant killers.
In August 2020, Iraola took charge of Rayo Vallecano and guided them back to LaLiga in his first season.
He was appointed at Bournemouth in summer 2023 and a hugely successful spell culminated in the club qualifying for Europe for the first time in their history.
Enzo Maresca (Manchester City)
Maresca succeeded Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.
After a playing career that took him from AC Milan to West Bromwich Albion, Juventus and Sevilla, among several clubs, he started coaching in charge of Man City’s Elite Development Squad, winning the Premier League 2 title.
He then had a spell in charge of Parma before returning to Man City in June 2022 as one of Guardiola’s assistants.
Taking over at Leicester City, he led them back to the top flight before being appointed as Chelsea head coach in summer 2024.
They won the Conference League and FIFA Club World Cup, and qualified for the Champions League, before he stepped away midway through the following season.
Michael Carrick (Manchester United)
Carrick has been head coach of Manchester United since 13 January 2026.
Considered a leading midfielder of his generation, he started at West Ham before joining Spurs then Man Utd. In 12 seasons he made 464 appearances, winning five Premier League titles, the Champions League and the FA Cup, among a glittering array of silverware.
After retiring in 2018, he became a first-team coach under Jose Mourinho then Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. He took interim charge in November 2021.
His first managerial role came at Middlesbrough, reaching the 2022/23 playoffs and the EFL Cup semi-finals the following year. He left in June 2025 and was reappointed Man Utd head coach after Ruben Amorim left.
After a successful spell, guiding the club to third in 2025/26, he was handed the role permanently.
Eddie Howe (Newcastle United)
Following a 15-month break from football after making his name at Bournemouth, Howe took over at Newcastle in November 2021.
In an astonishing period, he guided Bournemouth from the fourth tier to the Premier League, managing them in the top flight from 2015 to 2020, before succumbing to relegation.
He left the club before returning to football with Newcastle, turning them into a regular Champions League side and winning the EFL Cup to secure the club’s first major domestic trophy in 70 years.
Oliver Glasner (Nottingham Forest)
Glasner joined Nottingham Forest as head coach in July 2026.
Having played 19 years as a defender at Austrian club Ried, he built his reputation as manager at Wolfsburg, qualifying for the Champions League and Eintracht Frankfurt, where he won the Europa League.
Glasner took charge at Crystal Palace in February 2024 then delivered trophies in back-to-back seasons, winning the FA Cup – the club’s first ever major trophy – followed by the Conference League.
Regis Le Bris (Sunderland)
Le Bris has been Sunderland head coach since June 2024.
Turning to coaching aged 27, he quickly excelled winning the French equivalent of the FA Youth Cup and Under-18 title at Rennes.
Le Bris was handed the opportunity as manager of the senior side in 2022 and a run of eight wins in his first 10 games helped towards a 10th-place finish.
Le Bris then led the Black Cats back to the Premier League in his debut season with a dramatic 2-1 turnaround win against Sheffield United in the 2024/25 Championship playoff final at Wembley.
In his first season in the top flight he guided them to a shock seventh-place finish and the club’s first European qualification in 53 years.
Roberto De Zerbi (Tottenham Hotspur)
De Zerbi took over at Tottenham Hotspur at the end of the 2025/26 season.
He spent most of his playing career in Italy’s lower divisions, before winning promotion with Napoli and claiming two domestic titles and the Romanian Cup with CFR Cluj before hanging up his boots.
In management, he honed his reputation across clubs in Italy before his first major success winning the Ukrainian Super Cup at Shakhtar Donetsk.
In September 2022, he was appointed Brighton head coach and led the Seagulls to their best-ever Premier League finish of sixth in 2022/23, securing European football for the first time in the club’s history.
After leading them to 11th the following season, he moved to Marseille, leaving after a second-place finish in Ligue 1.
He was brought in by Spurs initially to save them from relegation and guided them to safety on the final day.