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We take a look at where every Premier League manager stands with their deal, with Enzo Maresca now bizarrely having the joint-longest contract at the least stable club. Arsenal: Mikel Arteta – 2025 Arsenal and Mikel Arteta are now said to be in formal talks about a new contract that will make him one of the best-paid managers in the Premier League. Which is exactly as it should be.
Aston Villa: Unai Emery – 2029 “We are really excited to continue this journey with no limits to our dreams,” said Unai Emery as he signed a new five-year deal. “I am very happy to take this step and the responsibility of leading this club.” Bournemouth: Andoni Iraola – 2026 Gary O’Neil was axed and Iraola brought in with a more progressive style of football after his contract with Rayo Vallecano expired.
He was handed a two-year contract, which seems sensible. Then he signed a contract extension at the end of his first season, which also seems sensible. Brentford: Thomas Frank – 2027 After a fine start to life in the Premier League, in January 2022, the Bees gave Frank and assistant Brian Riemer contract extensions until 2025.
Then before 2022 was done, they gifted the Dane a two-year extension and improved terms. Brighton: Fabian Hürzeler – 2027 The youngest-ever permanent manager of a Premier League club has been given a three-year contract by the Seagulls. Chelsea: Enzo Maresca – 2029 The average term of a permanent Chelsea manager since Claudio Ranieri became the first victim of the Roman Abramovich era is just 455 days.
And now Chelsea have given Enzo Maresca five years. We do not expect him to last a year . Crystal Palace: Oliver Glasner – 2026 This feels like something of a coup for Palace, who have appointed Glasner to replace Roy Hodgson, who was allowed to step down rather than be sacked.
Everton: Sean Dyche – 2025 Dyche signed for two-and-a-half years when he put pen to paper back in January 2023 on a contract that reportedly contained a clause that stipulated he wouldn’t be sacked if Everton go down, or the Toffees will have to pay up the two years in his deal. They didn’t go down and plans to renew and lengthen his contract were shelved after the points deductions. In May 2024 he said: “I think and I made it clear when I got here, I think it’s fair, I said I have to earn the right to fit in here and I have to earn the right to be Everton’s manager and I still think I am doing.
” Fulham: Marco Silva – 2026 A new deal was signed last October after a summer of Silva being courted by Saudi Arabian clubs. If he stays beyond this summer, it will be his longest spell at any club. Ipswich Town: Kieran McKenna – 2028 His agent played a blinder as reported interest from Brighton, Chelsea and Manchester United saw him offered a four-year contract that made him one of the best-paid coaches in the Premier League.
Leicester City: Steve Cooper – 2027 The former Nottingham Forest boss has signed a pretty standard three-year contract with the Foxes. Liverpool: Arne Slot – 2027 The Dutchman takes over at Liverpool as ‘head coach’ on a three-year contract. Manchester City: Pep Guardiola – 2025 The Premier League’s longest-serving manager after Klopp’s departure this summer, Guardiola has recently said he is leaning towards leaving Manchester City rather than staying.
Will he be tempted by a return to Barcelona? Manchester United: Erik ten Hag – 2026 “I am very pleased to have reached agreement with the club to continue working together. Looking back at the past two years, we can reflect with pride on two trophies and many examples of progression from where we were when I joined.” A one-year extension on the same terms might just be the most minor vote of confidence ever.
Newcastle: Eddie Howe – long-term beyond 2024 Wor Eddie was given a two-and-a-half-year contract until 2024 when he was appointed in November 2021. Those terms were renegotiated in 2022 but neither the club nor Howe have been willing to elaborate on the length. “It’s a ‘long-term’ deal – that was the wording, I think,” said Howe when asked directly.
Nottingham Forest: Nuno Espirito Santo – 2026 A day after sacking Steve Cooper, Santo was given a two-and-a-half-year contract. That takes him 2026, a year after Cooper’s own contract was due to expire. It would be genuinely astonishing if Santo came even close to seeing out that contract at the City Ground.
Southampton: Russell Martin – 2026 Swansea are actually suing Martin for breach of contract after he left two years into a three-year contract to sign a deal to take over the Saints in 2023. Tottenham: Ange Postecoglou – 2027 The Australian signed a four-year contract in the summer which is reportedly heavily incentivised. West Ham: Julen Lopetegui – 2026 The Hammers have replaced David Moyes with the Spaniard, giving him a two-year deal with the option of another year.
Wolves: Gary O’Neil – 2026 After being sacked by Bournemouth six months into an 18-month deal, O’Neil must have feared the worst. But he walked straight into a longer-team deal at Wolves. And now is being oddly courted by Liverpool .
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