Top five managers across Europe so far this season

A manager is always the captain of the ship who is solely responsible for his team’s fortunes. Right from Sir Matt Busby to Arrigo Sacchi to Sir Alex Ferguson, all these managers not only built a team but they also built a long standing legacy. This legacy always acted as the marker to their eventual successors. Success and failures in football are more often than not dumped on the manager’s head.This summer saw quite a few moves in the managerial market as some top names made new appointments for some reason or the other.Here is a look at the five managers who have done a commendable job with their respective clubs this season.

#5 Massimiliano Allegri

Massimiliano Allegri had a decent spell as the manager of AC Milan. It was not a trophy laden reign as they imagined but it certainly didn’t live up to the hype and expectations of all the Milanese junta.

Ironically he replaced the guy who decimated his old team as the gaffer of Bianconneri as Allegri was chosen as the successor to now Azzurri boss Antonio Conte. Allegri has seamlessly fit in at the Turin club as Juventus continue their domination under the new regime.

One of the major highlights under Allegri has been the duality in the system structure. The Old Lady plays with two systems, one with a three-man defence and one with a four-man defence, at times both the formations in the same match.

This change in the system has given this Juve team a different dimension altogether and is on the course of making them a formidable force in Europe. Juventus has dominated Italian football for the past four seasons but in Europe they have somehow always fell short of their targets and reputation.

Allegri has a decent record in Europe as he always lead Milan into the knockout stages and this is what Giuseppe Marotta will be expecting of him. Allegri has one of the most gifted midfield in all of Europe with Pirlo, Pogba, Marchisio and he has utilized them very well. He had a shaky start to his campaign as few of his key players were injured initially but Allegri rotated his squad marvellously and made the Bianconneri sit atop the league table and look unstoppable in the Serie A.