FourFourTwo's 50 Best Football Managers in the World 2015: No.4

It’s easy to forget the speed and disorder of Diego Simeone’s early managerial career. Four Argentine clubs in three years were followed a solitary season in Italy with Catania, before he returned to his homeland for six months with former club Racing. But then it all changed.

Suddenly, Simeone found his place in the world at Atlético Madrid, where his jerseys from the golden 1996 era were still on sale when he was appointed to avoid relegation in December 2011. It looked like a trap; a quick way to relieve pressure on the board and deflect it to one of the biggest club stars of the last three decades.

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