Four footballing greats who disappeared into the managerial wilderness: Including England’s Italia 90 hero, and Dutch wizard

Bobby Charlton (Preston North End)

One of English football’s greatest talents, along with one of the country’s most historic clubs should have become a story of a footballing phoenix rising back to achieve past glories. However, Bobby Charlton’s time at Preston was not that. The Manchester United legend could not prevent relegation to the Third Division in his first season, and he left the club a couple of years later, and never returned to the dugout as a manager.