Football’s nine harshest manager sackings ever – multiple Chelsea victims and Man United scapegoat among those hastily dismissed

Roberto Di Matteo – Chelsea (2012)

Despite a quite miraculous and almost unbelievable Champions League run under Di Matteo that culminated in Chelsea’s first and only European Cup triumph when it seems the stars had truly aligned, Di Matteo was shown the door at the first opportunity when the Italian international’s luck seemingly ran out out and Chelsea failed to qualify for the knock out rounds of the Champions League when trying to defend their title.