The honeymoon period of the 2021-22 season is truly over after three managers were all axed on Monday morning after underwhelming starts to the campaign.
The big name was Nuno Espirito Santo, who departed his role as Tottenham manager after just four months at the helm in London.
But Championship side Barnsley and League Two outfit Scunthorpe also let the axe fall on their managers.
Tottenham broke the news of Santo's exit at 9:51am and by 10am, Barnsley confirmed they had dismissed Markus Schopp with the club winless since August and second-bottom in the Championship.
Schopp was only appointed in June, replacing Valerien Ismael after he joined West Brom in the summer. Ismael had led Barnsley to the play-offs last season.
'It is a pity that our hard work was not reflected in the results. I wish the club all the best for the future and that they will achieve all their goals,' Schopp said.
Scunthorpe, meanwhile, then sacked Neil Cox with the club bottom of the football league at 10:45am.
Cox took over his boyhood club in August 2020 but departs after just two wins from 15 league matches.
But the big news on Monday was the exit of Santo, which Sportsmail exclusively broke on Monday.
The Tottenham board were alarmed at how angry fans were following the 3-0 defeat by Manchester United at the weekend.
Antonio Conte is widely expected to take over in place of the Portuguese boss and Spurs made contact with him over the position on Sunday night.
jndaka
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please include ole, Incase he won't perform next
BOzilCrushAGunner
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As an Arsenal fan, I'm grateful that Arteta wasn't sacked
CelestineEzekwueche
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Man Utd fans will be disappointed that conte is heading to spurs, I wonder how ole do this, he keep on saving his job
Wasciktz
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EPL , top 6 team . Not even manager can get the job done . Lampar , Arta , OLE , santo , David moyes all does not meet the requirements, they maybe good in handle bottom team .
nobleng123
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Conte will mess his name with Tottenham unless they get good signings soon
Chekwubechi
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Breaking news one man u players is so disappointed Ole is not on the list.
vipalnpstz
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It's makes no difference,who take over as coach,as long as Levy is in charge of spurs the result will be the same,and Harry Kane must left out of the starting line up and name as a sub on the bench,just to give the other strikers a chance to prove them self and if it doesn't work out ,then get rid of them all.
SERGIOAMIRO
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the only man that could save Tottenham