Roy Hodgson
Roy Hodgson struggled as Blackburn
manager when he moved from Inter Milan
DESPITE starting his managerial career in
1976, he didn’t work in England until 1997.
Hodgson was already a veteran of seven
Swedish titles when he replaced Ray
Harford as Blackburn boss.
However, he led the 1994-95 Premier
League champions to brink of relegation
when he was midway through the 1998-99
season — Brian Kidd finished the job off.
Hodgson travelled through Switzerland,
Denmark, Italy, the United Arab Emirates,
Norway and Finland before returning to the Premier League with soon-to-be relegated Fulham.
Or were they?
In April 2008, the Cottagers were 2-0 down
away at Manchester City with 20 minutes
remaining — and mathematically down.
However, a superb comeback victory
inspired a miraculous escape act.
Hodgson followed this up with an
unbelievable seventh placed finish, before
leading Fulham to the Uefa Cup final the
next season.
He then replaced Rafa Benitez as Liverpool boss — but was sacked six months later.
Hodgson again rebuilt his reputation at
West Brom, and was named England
manager ahead of Euro 2012.
Carlo Ancelotti
Carlo Ancelotti endured a very difficult spell during his time at Juventus from
1999-2001
THE Italian impressed as boss of Parma,
despite not winning anything.
He oversaw the development of the likes of Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluigi Buffon —
which earned him the opportunity to
replace Marcello Lippi as manager of
Juventus in 1999.
However, two unthinkable trophyless
seasons with the Italians led to his
dismissal.
Ancelotti’s sacking was announced
midway through Juve’s final game of the
2000-01 season, despite there still being a
chance of the Bianconeri winning the title.
The legendary AC Milan player was then
given the job of manager, and his stock
shot up.
Despite a measly return of just one league
title in eight years, he won the Champions
League twice.
Ancelotti moved to Chelsea in 2010 and
promptly with the Prem and FA Cup — the
first Double in the Blues’ history.
The soon-to-be-Bayern boss added
another league title in France, before
moving onto Real Madrid.
In Spain, he added a Spanish Cup and
another Champs Lge trophy — becoming
one of only two men to have won three.
Brendan Rodgers
Brendan Rodgers was sacked by Reading
after just six months in charge at the club
THE Northern Irishman started his
managerial career at Watford — before going on to replace Steve Coppell at Reading in
2009.
A disastrous run of results left the club,
who had been the Prem a season earlier,
just above the Championship relegation
zone.
Rodgers was sacked after just six months
in charge.
In 2010, he replaced Paulo Sousa as
manager of Swansea.
Through their slick, continental brand of
football, the Welsh club earned promotion
to the top tier via the Play-Offs in 2011.
Swansea were irresistible as they produced
some mesmerising displays — finishing
11th.
Rodgers earned the chance to replace
Kenny Dalglish as manager of Liverpool a
season later.
After a difficult first campaign, he
enthralled most of Europe in his second
with a brand of swashbuckling attacking
football — suffering heartbreak as they
missed out of the title on the final day of
the season.
Rodgers couldn’t again hit those heady
heights at Anfield and was sacked in
October 2015.
However, his stock still remains high —
and he has recently been touted as
Hodgson’s replacement to manage
England.