A bad year for legends-turned-managers Image: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked by Manchester United Frank Lampard was the first Premier League manager to lose his job in 2021 and, barring any sudden developments in the next week, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be the last. It was not a good year for club legends seeking to recreate former glories in the dugout. Lampard enjoyed a positive first season in charge of Chelsea, guiding his former side to a Champions League finish in 2019/20 despite their transfer ban, but expectations changed with the investment that followed and there are certainly no regrets about the decision to appoint Thomas Tuchel in his place. Tuchel is of course a completely different profile to Lampard – vastly experienced as a coach but with only a modest playing background and no ties to the club he is taking over – and Manchester United have gone down the same route by replacing Solskjaer with Tuchel’s countryman Ralf Rangnick. How they would love Rangnick ...