By Tom Mison

Jose Mourinho made a sensational return to English football this summer when he took over the reins at Manchester United.

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He returned to Stamford Bridge earlier in the season against old club Chelsea and suffered a 40 defeat. He wouldn’t have planned that.

Here are some of the most notorious cases where managers have returned to their old employers and what happened.

Claudio Ranieri

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Claudio Ranieri has held two managerial positions in England in his career. The first came in 2000 at Chelsea, where he became the ‘Tinkerman’. Other than two manager of the month awards, Ranieri never won any major trophies at Chelsea. He was eventually replaced by Mourinho in 2004. His return to the Premier League came in 2015 when he was appointed manager of Leicester City. Here he achieved one of the greatest feats in football history where he won the league title with Leicester, who were a 5000/1 shot at the start of the season. Perhaps fittingly, he took 4 points off previous employers Chelsea on his way to the title, including winning the game that saw his predecessor Mourinho sacked.

Sam Allardyce

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Sam Allardyce is a man who has managed all over the Premier League. The first case of him beating a former team is in 2008 where he took his Newcastle team to Bolton Wanderers and won 3-1 at a club he had only left months previously. Allardyce then turned the tables on Newcastle when he beat them in 2010 whilst managing Blackburn Rovers. He also managed Sunderland against former team West Ham however he only picked up one point against the Hammers.

Harry Redknapp

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Harry Redknapp is arguably one of the best English managers around. As another man who has managed up and down the Premier League, it’s no surprise that he has come back to haunt former clubs. The most controversial example of this was when he left South Coast club Portsmouth to manage their bitter rivals Southampton. Although he was only in charge at St Marys for one season, he beat old club Portsmouth twice in the 2004/05 season. After betraying Portsmouth like he did, fans had mixed opinions when he came back to manage at Fratton Park after Southampton.

Tim Sherwood

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Tim Sherwood has only managed at two teams in the Premier League, both of which ended fairly disastrously. He was sacked as Tottenham manager after just half a season in charge before moving to Aston Villa. He did however manage to get a 1-0 win over Tottenham in charge of Aston Villa during the season they got relegated.