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Should Man Utd re-hire Ole Gunnar Solskjaer? Jose Mourinho, Zinedine Zidane & the top 10 managers who returned to former clubs - ranked

Ruben Amorim is under mounting pressure to keep his job at Manchester United. The Portuguese coach has overseen the club's worst start to a Premier League season for 33 years, and has faced widespread criticism for his rigid tactics, with a £200m summer spending spree doing little to improve the Red Devils' fortunes.It has been reported that Amorim only has three games left to save his job, and some are calling for club legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to be drafted back in as his replacement. Solskjaer guided United to a second-place Premier League finish in 2020-21, while embracing the counter-attacking style that garnered so much success in the Sir Alex Ferguson era.But does re-hiring a former coach actually work? GOAL ranks the top 10 managers who successfully, and not so successfully, returned to their old stomping grounds below...

Should Man Utd re-hire Ole Gunnar Solskjaer? Jose Mourinho, Zinedine Zidane & the top 10 managers who returned to former clubs - ranked

Ruben Amorim is under mounting pressure to keep his job at Manchester United. The Portuguese coach has overseen the club's worst start to a Premier League season for 33 years, and has faced widespread criticism for his rigid tactics, with a £200m summer spending spree doing little to improve the Red Devils' fortunes.It has been reported that Amorim only has three games left to save his job, and some are calling for club legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to be drafted back in as his replacement. Solskjaer guided United to a second-place Premier League finish in 2020-21, while embracing the counter-attacking style that garnered so much success in the Sir Alex Ferguson era.But does re-hiring a former coach actually work? GOAL ranks the top 10 managers who successfully, and not so successfully, returned to their old stomping grounds below...

Published on September 17, 2025