How do you replace the irreplaceable?<\/p>\n
Manchester City<\/a> are often title favourites having won six of the past nine Premier League trophies, but they start this new season without their greatest ever manager, Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n The 55-year-old led City to 17 major trophies in 10 years, but left at the end of last season and has since been replaced by his former assistant Enzo Maresca.<\/p>\n Maresca has been out of work since stepping down as Chelsea<\/a> boss in January. <\/p>\n The Blues also have a new gaffer. They replaced Maresca with Liam Rosenior in January but he was let go before the end of the season and now former Liverpool<\/a> player Xabi Alonso is at the helm.<\/p>\n Alonso won the Bundesliga with an invincible Bayer Leverkusen team two years ago but last term had a difficult spell in charge of Real Madrid.<\/p>\n Many thought he would replace 2024-25 title-winner Arne Slot at Liverpool<\/a> but the Reds instead have appointed Andoni Iraola, who finished sixth with Bournemouth<\/a> last season.<\/p>\n That’s three huge clubs with three new managers.<\/p>\n What’s more, Manchester United<\/a>‘s Michael Carrick and Tottenham<\/a>‘s Roberto de Zerbi only took charge part way through last season.<\/p>\n So five of the traditional big six will start to the new campaign with a different manager to the one they had at the start of last season. <\/p>\n