5 managers who should return to their former clubs
We're at a time in footballing history where managers have been more and more responsibility and have been made more and more the scapegoat for when things hit the roof. Yet without a manager capable of understanding a team and how they play best, the club are stuck in a position that's detrimental to all investors – including fans.
And when managers have an emotional connect to fans of a certain club either because they've managed that club or played for them, it makes the journey of a footballing season that much more enjoyable.
We've seen Zinedine Zidane come back to Real Madrid as a manager and has taken the club to the top of the league with a high possibility of staying there till the end of the season. When these men are capable of doing so much for a club they owe their heart to, not much can go wrong.
Here's looking at five managers who should go back to their former clubs for their sake:
#1 Diego Simeone to Inter Milan
Atletico Madrid were no doubt on the up before the appointment of Argentine and former favourite Diego Simeone. The 49-year-old transformed the club from also-rans to champions of La Liga while also taking them to the finals of the UEFA Champions League on two separate occasions.
It's safe to say that the La Liga is now a three-horse race with the way the “other” Madrid club has risen as Simeone's insistence on focusing on a defensive approach has paid great dividends.
But the Argentine has been linked with a move to Inter Milan, another one of his former clubs. The Milanese giants are 6th in the Serie A table – not the kind of place they're expected to be given the expenditure on players last summer. And should Simeone consider switching the La Liga for the Serie A, it'll make the Italian competition a lot more watchable and competitive.