Cellino’s 43 managers

Leeds United are on the lookout for yet another manager after Steve Evans became the sixth manager to be sacked by the club’s owner Massimo Cellino…

Evans follows Brian McDermott, David Hockaday, Darko Milanic, Neil Redfearn and Uwe Rosler out the door at Leeds as Cellino has continued his short-term philosophies from his 22-year stint as president of Italian side Cagliari.

And now Sky sources report that the Elland Road club are in talks with Garry Monk about their vacant head coaching position.

The numbers behind Cellino’s strike-rate of wielding the axe make grim reading.

In 24 years as a football club owner/president he has now gone through 43 managers. This means, on average, Cellino gives them just over six months to prove their worth before giving them the chop.

To put that into context, Arsenal have only had three full-time managers in the same time period while Jose Mourinho became Manchester United’s fourth full-time appointment since hiring Sir Alex Ferguson in 1986.

The longest a manager has lasted in the hot seat under Cellino’s watch was Giampiero Ventura. He led Cagliari for 730 days between 1997 and 1999 before leaving to take over at Sampdoria.

But rarely do managers get that much rope from the trigger happy owner, just ask Milanic, who was sacked after just 32 days in the Leeds United job in 2014 – the shortest stint of any of the 43 appointments.

With the man known as ‘the manager eater’ back in Italy, we take a look at the lengthy list of managers he has dispensed with, including Giovanni Trapattoni and Massimiliano Allegri, which should give hope to Evans that being sacked by Cellino isn’t all doom and gloom.

Cagliari

Carlo Mazzone (1991-1993), Luigi Radice (1993), Bruno Giorgi (1994)

Óscar Tabárez (1994 – 1995) & (1999): The man that led Uruguay to the last-16 of the 1990 World Cup has had the privilege of two stints working for Cellino. His first tenure was a successful one, leading Cagliari to two mid-table finishes before leaving for Milan.

He reacquainted the working relationship with Cellino in 1999 but only lasted four games after being sacked following three defeats and a draw. Tabarez returned to international management with Uruguay and, with Luis Suarez at the forefront, made the semi-finals in 2010 and the last-16 in 2014.

Giovanni Trapattoni (1995 – 1996): To convince the seven-time Serie A winning manager to join Cagliari was heralded as a very shrewd appointment, but the working relationship between Trapattoni and …

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