Pulse Picks: Tuchel & Pochettino are among football coaches who got sacked in 2022

Most of them lose their jobs after failing to command their respective teams to winning ways.

Several coaches have found themselves on the receiving end in 2022 after failing to guide their teams to victory. Thomas Tuchel was for instance sacked after producing a string of poor results.

Thomas Tuchel- Chelsea

Thomas Tuchel guided Chelsea to winning the UEFA Champions League in 2021, a few months after taking over as their manager.

Former Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel on September 6, 2022. AFP

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Tuchel was creating a formidable team with his own set of players only for him to be sacked by the new Chelsea management before the completion of his project.

Rumours have it that he was sacked for refusing to sign Cristiano Ronaldo. Tuchel is yet to unleash his new adventures.

Steven Gerard- Aston Villa

Steven Gerard joined Aston Villa with the hopes of taking the club back to its glory days. Gerard lifted the Scottish Premiership title with Rangers after going unbeaten for the whole season.

Former Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard during the Premier League match at Villa Park, Birmingham on October 16, 2022. AFP

He was hoping of doing the same for Aston Villa but his tenure was cut short after registering poor results consecutively.

Mauricio Pochettino- PSG

Mauricio Pochettino had one of the best squads at PSG but he still failed to lift the precious Champions League trophy during the 2021/22 campaign.

Mauricio Pochettino on September 7, 2022. AFP

PSG thought it was wise to part ways with him at the end of the season and that is what happened eventually. Most of the players at the club had started losing faith in him.

Bruno Lage- Wolverhampton Wanderers

Bruno Lage is one of the managers who will live to remember the year 2022 after being sacked by Wolverhampton wanderers due to a poor start in the 2022/23 campaign.

Wolves have sacked head coach Bruno Lage after a poor run of results on October 2, 2022 AFP

Lage started his tenure at Wolves with the insights of overturning what his predecessors had failed to do only for him to end up falling into the same trap.

Ralph Hasenhüttl- Southampton

Speculations of his sacking were there until when it was made official by Southampton that everyone got to know of his sacking.

Ralph Hasenhüttl [Instagram] Pulse Live Kenya

Ralph Hasenhüttl joined Southampton in 2018 not knowing that his regime would last for 4 years only. He goes down in history as one of the coaches who lost their mantle in 2022.

Domenico Tedesco- RB Leipzig

Domenico Tedesco was the first manager to be sacked in 2022 in the Bundesliga after failing to guide RB Leipzig into winning games.

Domenico Tedesco AFP

Domenico Tedesco was sacked on September 2022 after registering one win in the Bundesliga in 5 matches at the beginning of the 2022/23 season.

Julen Lopetegui- Sevilla

Julen Lopetegui was sacked by Sevilla after having a two-year stint at the club. The reason for his sacking was a consecutive registration of poor results.

Julen Lopetegui (La Liga) La Liga

His sacking also came two years after winning the UEFA Europa League with Sevilla. Lopetegui will bounce back for sure although he is still looking for a new adventure.

Scott Parker- Bournemouth

Scott Parker was the first manager to be sacked in the English Premier League after parting ways with Bournemouth at the beginning of the 2022/23 season.