Eddie Howe moves to number two in survival list of Premier League managers

Written on Saturday, 06 June 2026
Mark Jensen

A look at the Premier League managers.

Looking at their longevity.

The 2025/26 season ended 13 days ago and plenty of movement when it comes to Premier League managers.

Pep Guardiola was easily the longest serving Premier League manager but has now left after a decade at Man City. So many other clubs seeing change.

With Marco Silva also moving on (from Fulham), it means that only Mikel Arteta has been in his Premier League job longer than Eddie Howe.

Only nine of the 2026/27 Premier League clubs have managers who’ve been in the job for a year or more. That drops to seven if you take out managers of clubs that have just been promoted to the top tier.

As for Premier League managers who have been in the same job for two years or more and managed across both of these last two top seasons, you only have three. Unai Emery as well as Mikel Arteta and Eddie Howe.

This is now the current position for permanent Premier League managers and their start dates  – as at 6 June 2026

Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) 22 December 2019
Eddie Howe (Newcastle United) 8 November 2021
Kieran McKenna (Ipswich) 16 December 2021
Unai Emery (Villa) 1 November 2022
Daniel Farke (Leeds) 4 July 2023
Regis Le Bris (Sunderland) 1 July 2024
Fabian Hurzeler (Brighton) 2 July 2024
Frank Lampard (Coventry) 28 November 2024
David Moyes (Everton) 11 January 2025
Sergej Jakirovic (Hull) 11 June 2025
Keith Andrews (Brentford) 27 June 2025
Michael Carrick (Man Utd) 13 January 2026
Vitor Pereira (Forest) 15 February 2026
Roberto De Zerbi (Spurs) 31 March 2026
Marco Rose (Bournemouth) 1 June 2026
Andoni Iraola (4 June 2026)
Xabi Alonso (Chelsea) set to take over on 1 July 2026
No manager (Fulham)
No manager (Crystal Palace)
No manager (Man City)

As you can see, four clubs currently without a manager, but Alonso set to start at Chelsea on 1 July 2026.

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