The Premier League has named six nominees for the 2025\u201326 Manager of the Season award, and this season\u2019s list highlights different definitions of managerial success. Past winners have not always taken home the title: George Burley, Alan Pardew, Harry Redknapp and Tony Pulis were recognised for achievements that went beyond silverware.<\/p>\n
Pep Guardiola has overseen the start of a Manchester City rebuild this season. City are guaranteed to finish no lower than second and could even end the campaign with a seventh Premier League title. Yet there is a sense this season is constrained by the club\u2019s recent standards, and that this City team might have been left behind by some of the competition they faced over the past decade. For most clubs, second place would be a major success. For Guardiola it is judged against far higher expectations.<\/p>\n
R\u00e9gis Le Bris has delivered a remarkable return to the top flight for Sunderland. In the club\u2019s first season as a Premier League side in eight years they were never remotely in danger of relegation. Defensive organisation has been central to that progress, with Sunderland losing only one game more than Liverpool. They only need to match Newcastle United\u2019s results over the next two games to finish above their fiercest rivals, and a top-half finish, which the club has not achieved since 2010\u201311, remains within reach.<\/p>\n
Mikel Arteta is on the verge of ending Arsenal\u2019s longest wait between league championships since the club clinched its first in 1931. If the Gunners hold on, it breaks a long period of underachievement. Aesthetically the season has not always been convincing and there is an element of sourness to how it has unfolded. If Arsenal win both remaining fixtures, it would register as the fourth-lowest points tally for a Premier League champion in the 22 years since the club\u2019s previous title.<\/p>\n
Brentford faced major departures in the summer after losing Thomas Frank and leading scorers Bryan Mbeumo and Yoana Wissa, who racked up 39 Premier League goals between them last season. Keith Andrews, in his first season as manager and a former assistant coach, has guided the Bees to their highest ever league placing and left European qualification a realistic possibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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