'%20x='0'%20y='0'%20height='100%25'%20width='100%25'%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20xlink%3Ahref='data:image/jpg;base64,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'%3E%3C/image%3E%3C/svg%3E)
It is a rigorous job of managing a Premier League club, as the manager's role is often a revolving door. This season, however, only one Premier League manager has faced sacked so far, with Slaven Bilic getting replaced by Sam Allardyce at West Bromwich Albion.
Five longest-serving active Premier League managers
Since the start of 2019, half of the current Premier League teams changed their managers due to various reasons.
In that backdrop, it truly is remarkable that some managers in the Premier League have been able to hold on to their jobs for a significant period of time.
On that note, we take a look at the five longest-serving managers currently active in the Premier League.
#5 Nuno Espirito Santo (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Portuguese Nuno Espirito Santo was appointed to lead Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolves) at the start of the 2017-18 season, when the club was in the Championship. The Chinese owners of the club backed him significantly in the transfer market, and Wolves comfortably won promotion as champions that year.
With shrewd additions to the squad on their return to the Premier League in 2018-19 season, Wolves managed to finish seventh and qualified for the Europa League.
The next season, they had to start in July, playing three rounds of qualifiers before entering the group stage. Wolves qualified for the tournament proper and went on to make the quarterfinals, where they lost 1-0 to eventual champions Sevilla, thanks to a late goal from Lucas Ocampos.
Now in his fourth year in charge of the Premier League club, the current season has been Nuno Espirito Santo's most difficult campaign so far. That is because Wolves lost two big-name players, Matt Doherty and Diogo Jota, who left for Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool respectively.
Talisman Raul Jimenez also suffered a horrific skull injury that has left him ruled out indefinitely. That has taken a toll, and Wolves have struggled to maintain the levels of consistency they displayed in their first two Premier League seasons under the Portuguese tactician.
#4 Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
When Pep Guardiola signed for Manchester City at the start of the 2016-17 season, it promised to be an appointment that would change the landscape of the Premier League.
it did, as after a season of settling in, Guardiola took the Premier League by storm, with his Manchester City side hitting a century of points in the 2017-18 edition of the competition to create history.
City won the Premier League the next season too and were involved in an epic title race with Liverpool. City eventually won the league title by a solitary point after amassing a whopping 98 points.
However, Guardiola hasn't yet been able to take City past the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League during his time at the club. That was one of the big goals he had when his City project commenced.
He has signed a contract extension recently, which will give him a few more seasons to make the European dream a reality for Manchester City.
#3 Chris Wilder (Sheffield United)
Chris Wilder joined Sheffield United at the end of the 2015-16 season. He replaced Nigel Adkins when the Blades were still in League One.
In his first season in charge of the club, he got them promoted to the Championship with his own 100-point season, as Sheffield United won League One after amassing 100 points.
After establishing themselves in the Championship, the Blades made their big push in the 2018-19 season, when they finished second to Norwich City in the Championship to win automatic promotion to the Premier League. They were now back in English football's top flight for the first time since 2006-07.
Sheffield made a flying start in the Premier League, with a robust defence putting them in the hunt for a top-half finish in the league. Before the COVID-19 outbreak, Sheffield United were in with a shout of finishing in the European football slots, but that was eventually not be.
However, Sheffield's form has spectacularly nosedived since. They finished ninth last season, and this season, they are winless in 17 games.
#2 Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)
One of the most important figures in the modern history of Liverpool Football Club, Jurgen Klopp was appointed at the club's helm in October 2015.
The Reds parted ways with Brendan Rodgers after a rocky start to the season, and the charismatic German arrived at Anfield with a mission to 'turn doubters into believers'.
More than five years later, Klopp delivered the Champions League and the Premier League, and it is now safe to say that he has achieved what he set out to.
In his first season in charge of the Reds, Klopp got Liverpool to two finals - both of which they lost - in the EFL Cup and Europa League. The next two seasons saw the Reds finish fourth in the Premier League, while in 2017-18, they made the Champions League final but lost to Real Madrid.
In 2018-19, Liverpool were involved in an epic title race in the Premier League, which they lost by a solitary point. However, they did win the UEFA Champions League.
Last season, Liverpool finished with 99 points, 18 clear of their nearest rivals, to end a 30-year wait to win a top-flight title.
#1 Sean Dyche (Burnley)
The longest-serving manager in the Premier League currently is Burnley's Sean Dyche, who was appointed as head coach of the Clarets in October 2012.
He brought Burnley up to the Premier League in his first full Championship season in charge. However, in the 2014-15 Premier League season, the Clarets couldn't survive and went sent straight back down.
However, they kept faith in Dyche and came straight back up. Since their return to the Premier League in 2016, Burnley have stayed there.
They finished seventh in the 2017-18 Premier League and qualified for Europa League football.
With a shoestring budget at most times, Dyche has done a sterling job to keep Burnley afloat in the Premier League and has built a team capable of frustrating the big boys and getting their fair share of results as well.
