Xavi, Tuchel, Allegri… Europe’s great coaches without a team

Published on: 14/10/2024

Xavi, Tuchel, Allegri… Europe’s great coaches without a team

The job of a coach is one of the most thankless jobs in the football industryWhen a team doesn’t base its game around winning, they are the ones who take the most criticism, and are also the first to ‘fall’ when a board decides to take a new direction. That is why if we look at the list of coaches who are unemployed we will find many excellent names.,

thomas tuchel

The German coach is without a team since leaving Bayern at the end of last seasonDecision by mutual consent between both the parties. European champion in 2021 with Chelsea He has recently been linked with Manchester UnitedWhich leaves Eric ten Hag’s future in constant uncertainty.

It was exactly in London where tuchel He did his best work as a coach. That Chelsea was an insurmountable wall that defeated Real Madrid and Manchester City to win the second ‘Orezona’ in the club’s history.Before this he took training psg Of mbappe And neymarWhere they also reached the Champions League final, although with a different result. In his early days he also sat on the benches of Dortmund and Mainz.

thomas tuchel /ef

xavi hernandez

Xavi is taking a year off following his turbulent departure from FC Barcelona. Terrassa Koch, who was confirmed and sacked in the same month after announcing his decision to leave the club, is one of the big names who are free,

After a good start at Al-Sadd and a busy time at Barça, Xavi could study offers to start a new project starting next season. There are several clubs that have been linked with Agaransey in recent months. Among the most notable are Ajax, AC Milan and, of course, Manchester United.,

During his time in Barcelona, The Catalan coach managed to win one league and one Spanish Super CupBut poor results in Europe and his final blank year condemned him.

xavi hernandez /Javier Ferrándiz

massimiliano allegri

After his second spell at Juventus, far from being as successful as the first, the Italian also finds himself without a team. It was last May when Vecchia Signora He announced his dismissal after being accused of bad behavior, although the results of the game also did not go as expected.,

Allegri is one of the most accomplished technicians on this list At the age of 57 he could try his first experience outside Italian football, In fact, he was close to coaching Real Madrid in 2021But after Ancelotti’s election he returned to Juve. In his showcase, ‘Max’ can claim six Scudettos (five in Turin and one in Milan).However their two lost European Cup finals (2015 and 2017) also count.

massimiliano allegri /agencies

maurizio sarri

The Neapolitan also has extensive experience in Italian football. Napoli, Juventus and Lazio have been big Serie A clubs under SarriNicknamed as ‘Mr 33’ Maurizio also tried his luck in the Premier League for a season managing Chelsea, having used 33 different tactics at Sansovino. in that campaign They finished third in England and managed to win the Europa League by defeating Arsenal,

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Sarri has an aggressive and attractive football script with 4-3-3 as his flagLoyal to your strong and straightforward character He resigned from his last club (SS Lazio) due to the team’s poor results and his poor relations with the board.Months later, he admitted that he was in talks with sevilla fc Before the election of García Pimienta, so he is still waiting for a new club.

49. Maurizio Sarri (Lazio) /AFP

Rafa Benitez

Benitez can boast an impressive resumeThe Madrid man has coached many of the best European clubs, including some of the leading liverpool, real Madrid, inter Milan, chelsea, naples one of the two ValenciaHowever, his Achilles heel is that he leaves teams poorly, Like his recent departure from Celtawhere he was fired last March,

His most remembered move has been liverpool, While on Merseyside he was European champion in 2005, and leaves a great legacy at the club and the city.With experience having already trained outside the Old Continent, Benítez is also waiting for offers. He Dalian Pro China was his club between 2019 and 2021.

Rafa Benitez in his team’s match against Valencia /efe

edin terzic

after a lifetime borussia dortmund playing different roles, Terzic’s great professional opportunity came in December 2020 when the club appointed him interim coach following the dismissal of Lucien Favre.A year later, and after proving himself as technical secretary, he returned to take charge of the first team marco rose,

German has had great successes Win the German Cup in 2021 and definitely reach the last Champions League final against Real MadridAfter that final, terzik Asked the club to terminate his contract with immediate effectRealizing that he has already completed a cycle at the club. The German coach showed last season that he was ready to take on a bigger challenge than Dortmund, where he trained names like Holland, bellingham, Sancho one of the two reus,

Borussia Dortmund head coach Edin Terzic leaves the club /agencies

Joachim Lo

Despite not having trained for more than three years, Lowe insisted a few months ago that he was not retired yet64 year old technician He retired from the German national team in July 2021After the Eurocup that same summer. The German had been at Mannschaft for 17 years, as he joined as an assistant coach in 2004 and was appointed as coach two years later.

His biggest success was Brazil winning the World Cup in 2014 by winning the final against Messi’s Argentinayour script It is based on attacking football and good handling of the ball.A postage stamp which he immediately printed on the national team. He announced last summer in German newspaper Bild that he was planning to return to training: “For some time now I have been close to football again. I have received a few offers in the last year, but I will accept it only when I am completely sure that it is a good fit for me.,

Flick with one of his inspirations, Joachim Low, in the Germany team /efe

Graham Potter

Potter’s greatest works were created in BrightonOne of the most inspiring projects in Europe in recent years began with an Englishman sitting on the bench, then completed Roberto de Zerbipotter He left Brighton to sign for Chelsea, believing he was taking a ‘leap’ in his career,

However, the arrival of new owner Todd Boehly left them with an apparently directionless club in London, What a price he had to pay for his dismissal after seven monthsThe Englishman is still a young coach (49 years old) and Is associated with the national team of his country, who is looking for a new coach Following the departure of Southgate and an unstable period of interim Lee Carsley.