Crystal Palace have sacked Pierre Sage after just five months in charge, with the Eagles bottom of the Premier League table.
Sage arrived in the summer as Ligue 1’s reigning Manager of the Season, but has won only two of his opening 10 games, conceding a league-leading 24 goals in the process.
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Sage’sshort-lived spell at Selhurst Park was not quite the four-game disaster of Frank De Boer’s time in charge, nor quite short enough to make this list.
The shortest managerial spells inPremier League history, ranked by days between appointment and departure, excluding caretaker-only appointments.
Javi Gracia, Leeds United – 69 days
Leeds United’s disastrous 2022/23 campaign saw the club turn to three different managers in an increasingly desperate bid to preserve their Premier League status.
Javi Gracia was a surprise pick to replace Jesse Marsch at Elland Road, but lasted only 69 days. The Spaniard won twice in 12 games across all competitions before his dismissal.
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Igor Tudor, Tottenham – 44 days
Premier League management is a notoriously cut-throat business, but even by the division’s standards, the 2025/26 season was chaotic.
Igor Tudor was brought in at Tottenham following Thomas Frank’s failure to get results, but the Croatian’s reign did little to improve things. Tudor lost each of his four matches as Spurs boss, with the axe falling after a 3-0 home defeat to relegation rivals Nottingham Forest.
Roberto De Zerbi was parachuted in and ultimately saved Spurs from the drop.
Les Reed, Charlton Athletic – 40 days
Les Reed’s brief spell at Charlton remains one of the most infamous managerial failures in Premier League history.
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Reed was named Charlton boss in 2006, despite no previous senior managerial experience. The gamble lasted only six weeks, a period that included a League Cup exit to fourth-tier Wycombe Wanderers. Nicknamed “Les Misérables”, it was a stint to forget for The Addicks.
Ange Postecoglou, Nottingham Forest – 39 days
Ange Postecoglou’s self-confidence is admirable, and the Australian was keen to jump straight back into the Premier League pressure-cooker after being sacked at Spurs. However, Forest proved to be the wrong job.
Just 39 days later, Evangelos Marinakis made the call to axe Ange, just 19 minutes after the full-time whistle against Chelsea. Postecoglou had failed to win any of his eight games in charge.
Sam Allardyce, Leeds United – 30 days
Fireman Sam arrived at Elland Road in the final weeks of the 2022/23 season, tasked with leading Leeds to safety.
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Allardyce had a long track record of beating the drop, but was unable to stop a rot that had long set in. Leeds picked up a point from his four games, falling through the trap door. Big Sam’s contract was only until the summer, making it the shortest stint of any permanent Premier League boss.
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