An incredible turnover of managers has been raging in these weeks - and I want to focus my attention on two cases in particular.
The first one is Walter Zenga.
The former Italian goalkeeper was fired by Wolverhampton Wanderers on October 25 after 14 weeks of the English Championship. At the moment of his dismissal, Wolves were ranked in 18th place with 16 points, only 4 above the relegation positions.
A total too meagre for a new Chinese ownership which needs immediate results and didn't show mercy to Kenny Jackett, fired after three years on Wolves' bench.
Hard times for the Italian managers in England and Walter is just the latest of a series of dismissals beginning with Roberto Di Matteo and Francesco Guidolin; though on the other side of the story there is Antonio Conte who is fighting to win the Premier League with Chelsea; but even Claudio Ranieri, after the incredible title conquered last season, is experiencing a period full of problems with his Leicester. His club, as I've written many times, is suffering from a lack of motivation - and now has to look more behind than upwards in the table.
Don't forget about Walter Mazzarri, who is doing good things in his first experience in the Premier League with Watford.
But my idea on Zenga in particular is that he is revealing his weakness when it comes to important leagues like Serie A or the English Championship, having achieved important results in lower levels: he has to work hard to improve his performances as a manager and his attitude if he wants to make a quality jump higher. If not, he will remain a lower level manager.
WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' STEFANO?!
In Italy I haven't liked how Frank De Boer was treated by Inter's new ownership: he has arrived in a very hard moment, full of confusion, after the sudden and unexpected resignation of Roberto Mancini. Unexpected not by everyone: because after the purchase by the new Chinese owners, Inter's management persist the contradictions of too many souls, of too many people who want to take it on. And someone has pushed to induce Mancini to end his job with the club.
Then De Boer has been like a sacrificial victim, who hasn't ever felt the real trust from everyone at the club and never put in conditions to work serenely in a league he didn't know before.
But (and I could say above all) he has been guilty of not selecting the expensive purchase of the Chinese ownership, the mysterious object from Brazil, Gabigol.
Another story between Italy and England: Mario Pasalic is showing his good skill and is really convincing AC Milan to try to make an effort to take him definitively from Chelsea. The final decision will be up to Antonio Conte, but with the very important squad he has, with an appropriate offer from the Italian club, I think they could let him go.
And it would be a good news for Italian football - which needs more and more important players like him to revamp its reputation across Europe.
BARCA AND MAN UTD WANT DYBALA
So Juventus have to make an important effort to keep Paulo Dybala who, actually, seems not to be experiencing an idyllic relationship with Massimiliano Allegri.
The Italian manager is pushing his young talent to do even better and more than what he's actually achieving. But the Argentinian could interpret the interest of Allegri in helping him grow as a lack of confidence. And he could start listening to the sirens coming from Barcelona and Manchester United.
But I think that he will understand that Allegri knows his potential and wants him not to be resting on his laurels.