Top 5 managerial sackings of 2017

US Citta di Palermo v AC Milan - Serie A
Montella was signed by Sevilla within a month of his sacking

#4 Frank de Boer

AFC Ajax v Molde FK - UEFA Europa League
De Boer failed miserably at Crystal Palace

A great defender in his playing days, Frank de Boer started his managerial career with boyhood club AFC Ajax in 2010. By 2014, he had won his fourth Eredivisie title with AFC Ajax, making him the first manager to do so and increasing his reputation and attracting attention from other clubs in Europe.

Two successive second place finish in the league saw him leave Ajax for Inter Milan in 2016. Having managed Inter for 85 days, a run of four defeats in five Serie-A matches, which left Inter 12th in Serie-A, led to de Boer's sacking on the 1st of November.

With Crystal Palace, de Boer had an opportunity to prove his mettle and integrate his philosophy. While all seemed pretty good on paper for Palace, de Boer was sacked after 10 weeks, with Palace losing their first four league matches of the season without scoring a single goal and at the bottom of the table.

He set a record at the time of his sack on 11th September 2017, having managed the team for only 450 minutes of Premier League game time, making it one of the shortest reigns in the Premier League.

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