The 2026-27 Premier League season kicks off with a record nine clubs fielding new permanent managers, surpassing the previous high of eight set in 2016-17. The scale of turnover has reshaped the league's managerial landscape, with high-profile moves including Andoni Iraola taking over at Liverpool, Enzo Maresca succeeding Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, and Xabi Alonso arriving at Chelsea.

Other new appointments include Marco Rose at Bournemouth, Oliver Glasner at Nottingham Forest, Pierre Sage at Crystal Palace, Alvaro Arbeloa at Fulham, Gary O'Neil at Ipswich Town, and Matthias Jaissle expected at Newcastle United. Arsenal's Mikel Arteta, in post since December 2019, is now the league's longest-serving manager, while Manchester United's Michael Carrick, appointed permanently in May, is already United's seventh boss since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013. Matchweek one features three fixtures pitting new-manager sides against each other, offering an early test of whether the traditional "new manager bounce" holds up.