So Gennaro Gattuso has left the Italy job after they failed to qualify for a THIRD consecutive World Cup. Three. In a row. The country that literally invented defending can't defend a qualifying spot. The memes write themselves 💀

But this isn't just about Italy's ongoing national crisis (we already covered that). This is about the EXIT. Because Gattuso leaving a job in chaos is basically what he was born to do. And it got me thinking: what if we assembled a full Starting XI of managers whose departures were absolutely, certifiably unhinged? POV: you're a football federation watching your manager walk out and you can't even be mad because it's kind of cinema.

Here it is. The All-Time XI of Managers Who Rage-Quit or Got Rage-Quit. 4-3-3 because chaos demands an attacking formation.

GK: Raymond Domenech (France, 2010)

Read out a resignation letter from his OWN PLAYERS on live television during the World Cup. In South Africa. While the squad was literally on strike. Then refused to shake the opposing manager's hand after the final group game. Unmatched energy in the goalkeeping department of disaster. No caption needed 😭

RB: Sam Allardyce (England, 2016)

Lasted 67 days and ONE game as England manager before a newspaper sting caught him being, shall we say, entrepreneurial. The speedrun of getting sacked. Any percent, no glitches, world record holder 💀

CB: Julen Lopetegui (Spain, 2018)

Announced he was joining Real Madrid TWO DAYS before the World Cup started. Spain fired him ON THE SPOT. In Russia. Before a ball was kicked. Absolute cinema. The disrespect to timing itself 🔥

CB: Gennaro Gattuso (Italy, 2026)

The man of the hour. Three failed World Cup qualification campaigns in a row for the Azzurri and Gattuso gets to be the latest sacrifice. He was supposed to bring the FIGHT. The PASSION. The headbutts (metaphorical). Instead he brought more of the same. Welcome to the XI, king 💀⚽

LB: Frank de Boer (Netherlands, 2021)

Out after the Round of 16 at Euro 2020. His entire managerial career is basically a series of increasingly quick exits. Inter? 85 days. Crystal Palace? 77 days. Netherlands? A few weeks of actual tournament football. Speedrunner mentality.

RM: Andre Villas-Boas (Chelsea, 2012)

Lost the dressing room so hard that the dressing room won the Champions League without him like three months later. Replaced by Di Matteo, who then got sacked too. The circle of life at Stamford Bridge 😭

CM: Carlos Queiroz (Iran, 2022)

Told a journalist to "go to hell" during a press conference, managed through one of the most politically charged World Cup campaigns ever, then just... vanished into the void afterwards. Chaotic neutral energy.

CM: Brian Clough (Leeds United, 1974)

44 days. Walked into a club that hated him, told the players their medals were won by cheating, and got fired before the tea went cold. Literally became a movie. THIS IS CINEMA 🎬

LM: Luis Enrique (Spain, 2022)

Spent the entire World Cup streaming on Twitch talking to fans. Lost to Morocco. Left. Then went to PSG and did... that. Legend behaviour honestly.

ST: Diego Maradona (Argentina, 2010)

Got absolutely destroyed 4-0 by Germany, told journalists they could "suck it," got fired. Was wearing about six watches at the time. The GOAT of chaotic departures 🐐

ST: Marcelo Bielsa (Leeds, 2022)

Went from being worshipped as a literal deity in Leeds to getting sacked after a run of results that included losing 4-0 to Spurs. SPURS. When Spurs put four past you, you know it's time to go 💀

MANAGER OF THE MANAGERS: Gattuso again. Because he'd absolutely manage this team, lose the dressing room in 48 hours, and somehow still fight someone in the tunnel on the way out.

Italy fans, I'm sorry. You deserve... actually no, three World Cups missed in a row is generational comedy. Screenshot this and send it to every Italian you know. They'll love it. They won't. But do it anyway ⚽💀