4 Managers who will be seen for the first time in the Premier League in the 2018/19 Season

#3 Slavisa Jokanovic

The Serbian joined Fulham in December 2015 and after winning the Championship play-offs in the 2017/18 season, finally led his club back into the Premier League for the 2018/19 season.

Jokanovic was a defensive midfielder in his playing days and he represented Yugoslavia in both the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2000 UEFA European Championship. He had played for Chelsea for two seasons between 2001 and 2003.

His managerial career started with a successful spell at his former club Partizan Belgrade, where he joined in the middle of the 2007/08 season. He won the league and cup double in his first year itself and also defended both trophies in the next season.

He won the Thailand Premier League with an unbeaten record with Muangthong United in the 2012/13 season, after which he moved again. Incidentally, he had brief spells in Bulgaria and Spain, before he joined his first English Club, Watford, in October 2014.

Jokanovic successfully secured them promotion to the Premier League from the Championship, but strangely left before the start of the new season. He then joined Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv and took them to their first UEFA Champions League group stage in 11 years.

It was after that season that his tryst with Fulham began.

Jokanovic managed to take Fulham to the Championship play-offs in his first full season in charge at Craven Cottage, but they lost in the semi finals and the Premier League eluded them.

However, Jokanovic was not to be denied the second time. They were unlucky to miss automatic promotion, but defeated Aston Villa in the Championship play-offs finals at Wembley.

Fulham are returning to the Premier League after an absence of 4 years and this season will be a fabulous test of a gritty and tenacious manager who has proven his worth over the years.