Michael Beardmore
BBC Sport journalist
The caller shot play is already a period old.
And portion the plot mightiness beryllium rosy for Manchester City, Liverpool, Brighton, Arsenal and a fewer others, immoderate Premier League clubs person had acold much underwhelming starts.
Fans - and possibly chairmen - volition already beryllium casting glances astatine the marketplace of disposable managers and coaches.
At present, this endowment excavation appears to beryllium impressively deep.
BBC Sport takes a look astatine immoderate of the out-of-work large names awaiting their adjacent large assignment.
Thomas Tuchel
The 51-year-old German spent small much than 18 months successful the Premier League - but portion his tenure astatine Chelsea was short, it was trophy-laden.
He won the Champions League, Uefa Super Cup and Fifa Club World Cup successful his archetypal fewer months, and the Blues reached some FA Cup and EFL Cup finals successful the adjacent play too.
Disagreements with the club's caller owners nevertheless meant Chelsea dispensed with his services.
A consequent spell with Bayern Munich did not spell to plan, but Tuchel remains the antheral to person taken Paris St-Germain closest to Champions League glory - they reached the 2020 last nether his guidance - and his resume is hugely impressive.
Gareth Southgate
After 8 years arsenic England manager, taking the Three Lions to 2 European Championship finals, Southgate is connected the marketplace again.
The 54-year-old's lone acquisition successful nine absorption was a three-year stint astatine Middlesbrough from 2006 to 2009 but - aft his achievements with England - surely it volition not beryllium agelong earlier helium returns to the game.
Manchester United were heavy linked with a determination for Southgate successful the summer, until they backed existent brag Erik 10 Hag.
Frank Lampard
Tuchel's predecessor astatine Stamford Bridge, Blues fable Lampard earned recognition for the occupation helium did during a hard 18 months for the nine betwixt 2019-21.
Hamstrung by a transportation embargo, the ex-England midfielder inactive guided Chelsea to a top-four finish, an FA Cup final, helped youngsters similar Reece James flourish and arguably acceptable the level for Tuchel's success.
Having antecedently taken Derby to the Championship play-off final, his banal was precocious aft his Blues exit but, aft a twelvemonth warring fires astatine Everton and a forgettable interim Chelsea return, Lampard has been retired of absorption since May 2023.
Graham Potter
When helium was sacked by Chelsea - yes, them again - successful April 2023, fewer would person expected Graham Potter to beryllium retired of a occupation for long. But astir 18 months later, present we are.
Potter's abbreviated enactment astatine Stamford Bridge did not enactment retired amid a immense squad overhaul, but helium antecedently received wide acclaim for his enactment astatine Brighton, having initially honed his managerial skills with Swedish nine Ostersund and Swansea.
The 49-year-old turned Brighton into a respected Premier League unit successful 3 years connected the southbound seashore and remains heavy touted for immoderate high-profile occupation that becomes vacant - including the England post.
David Moyes
David Moyes has ne'er managed Chelsea! However, helium had a fruitful spell successful London until recently.
The 61-year-old Scot is simply a escaped cause aft 4 and a fractional years astatine West Ham, wherever helium not lone provided regular European shot against the likelihood but guided the Hammers to a Europa League semi-final and the Europa Conference League title.
Given the occurrence helium achieved astatine Preston and Everton earlier successful his managerial career, Moyes volition surely person suitors astatine immoderate constituent successful the adjacent future.
It is to his tremendous recognition that helium has travel backmost powerfully from his ill-fated play arsenic Sir Alex Ferguson's hand-picked successor astatine Manchester United.
Xavi
One La Liga rubric successful 2 and a fractional years was not capable for Barcelona to connection nine fable Xavi an extended enactment successful the Nou Camp dugout.
The 44-year-old did, however, support the Catalan giants eating astatine astir of football's apical tables during a lengthy play of fiscal uncertainty and upheaval.
The imaginable of him pursuing one-time mentor Pep Guardiola to the Premier League is surely a salivating 1 for footballing purists.
Zinedine Zidane
Speaking of midfield maestros, the mercurial Zinedine Zidane has been retired of absorption since leaving Barcelona's Clasico rivals Real Madrid successful 2021.
The Frenchman is untested arsenic a manager extracurricular the Spanish superior but his grounds there, with admittedly immense resources astatine his disposal, was jaw-dropping.
He led Madrid to 3 successive Champions League titles - a archetypal for immoderate manager - successful his archetypal spell, and won a La Liga rubric successful his 2nd tilt astatine the job. But could immoderate nine carrying a torch for the 52-year-old tempt him backmost - barroom his beloved Real?
Jurgen Klopp
The ex-Liverpool brag has said helium wants astatine slightest a twelvemonth distant from the crippled - and that helium would ne'er negociate different Premier League nine isolated from the Reds.
Many a well-intentioned committedness has been breached successful football, of course, but possibly Klopp's comeback truly volition travel extracurricular England.
The 57-year-old - who won virtually each large trophy nine shot has to connection during his 9 years astatine Anfield - volition surely person Europe's heavyweights forming a queue erstwhile helium does determine the clip is close to return.
Who other is retired there?
Alan Curbishley is inactive waiting for the call. Many managers who looked destined for large things successful the Premier League person slipped backmost into adjacent anonymity, specified is the harsh quality of the game.
As good arsenic bosses with Premier League experience, the continent is awash with disposable talent.
Multiple Serie A victor Max Allegri awaits a caller situation aft a decade, crossed 2 spells, astatine Juventus, portion ex-Roma and Lyon brag Rudi Garcia was ditched by Napoli past year.
Joachim Low has spent 3 years waiting for the telephone to ringing aft a 15-year spell arsenic Germany brag that brought Die Mannschaft the astir caller of their World Cup triumphs.
Niko Kovac, a Bundesliga title-winning brag with Bayern Munich, near Wolfsburg successful the spring, while Edin Terzic ended his Borussia Dortmund reign successful June aft a tally to the Champions League final.
Stefano Pioli, the 58-year-old who has managed AC Milan and Inter Milan among a drawstring of apical Italian teams, remains connected the market, arsenic does long-time Porto brag Sergio Conceicao, who ended his seven-year reign this summer.
And 1 much Stamford Bridge alumnus deserves a notation - seasoned Maurizio Sarri, whose eccentricities made for bully amusive astatine Chelsea successful 2018-19 and who near Lazio aft 3 years successful March.