Which Premier League Managers Are Already Feeling the Pressure This Season?

Despite being just 4 game weeks into the new season, it is clear to see that not all bosses have settled into the 2025/26 Premier League campaign well.

With Nuno Esposito sacked after 3 games, other managers are also already facing extreme scrutiny as relationships have deteriorated within the fanbase and ownership. This is due to performances not improving since last season, or expectations are simply too high for the current team performance. We identified the five managers facing the greatest pressure going into Gameweek 4.

1. Ruben Amorin

Manchester United last season finished 15th. Their worst league finish since they were relegated in 1974. Amorin knew that going the season trophyless losing the Europa League final as well as their league position, was simply not good enough. He promised the fans that “the better days will come.”

However only three games into the season, United have already crashed out of the Carabao Cup to League Two side Grimsby Town and have picked up just one win this season. Have the better days come? Well, certainly not yet, and due to Amorin’s disaster season last year, the United board will not wait around for results to pick up. It is now or never for the boss.

2. Graham Potter

West Ham gave Potter the keys to a squad that needed direction after Moyes’ departure, but early signs suggest that he has not found the answers.

Despite beating Nottingham Forest 3-0 away from home in their most recent fixture, their first two results of the new campaign were simply not good enough. Conceding a total of eight goals in two games, Potter immediately became the bookies joint favourite manager to be sacked first this season.

Potter was brought in to take West Ham forward, but as of right now, avoiding a relegation battle seems like more of an immediate task. West Ham are former European Champions, and sitting near the bottom of the table will continue to run the fan’s patience thin.

4. Vitor Pereira

Early trouble sets in for Wolves as they sit at the bottom of the table with zero points, just two goals scored, and eight conceded. After a poor start to the season last year, Pereira was appointed, and soon after, he promised that Wolves would not be relegated that season.

Despite delivering his promises, Wolves lost the likes of Matheus Cunha, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Fabio Silva, and Goncalo Guedes this summer, and now look to be in a similar position to where they were at the start of last season. This time, their squad is weaker and if results do not change soon, then Pereira could face serious scrutiny.

5. Daniel Farke

Despite a stunning season in the Championship last year and breaking Leeds’ record points in one season with 100, scepticism will always remain about Farke’s managerial abilities in the Premier League. It’s been a decent start to the season for Leeds, who currently sit in 12th, having just lost one game.

However, pressure remains on Farke, as with just a 12% win rate in the Premier League from 49 games, fans are not convinced that he will keep Leeds up. So much so that after Leeds won the Championship last season, one Leeds fan immediately shared his feelings on talkSPORT, demanding that the club must “Get rid of him” before the new season.

Is the Premier League too much for Farke, or will this be the year that he proves the critics wrong?