8 extremely harsh managerial sackings in recent history.
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8) Manuel Pellegrini (Real Madrid)
Given just one season at Real Madrid, Manuel Pellegrini was sacked for finishing second to perhaps the best Barcelona team of all time, despite notching up a then club-record 96 points in La Liga. The Chilean has since gone on to great things with Malaga and Manchester City.
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