LIVERPOOL boss Arne Slot was the most Google searched for gaffer in the UK and globally in 2024.
Online bookmakers Betfree have analyzed the Google search data of all 29 Premier League managers during this calendar year.
Slot is Britain's most popular Premier League manager, with an average of 251,316 searches per month.
Worldwide, Dutch people are Googled an average of 1.15 million times per month.
He replaced club legend Jurgen Klopp in the summer and has already built up a title run in his first season at Anfield.
With Manchester City facing an unprecedented crisis, Liverpool are the team in the best form and are seven points clear of Chelsea at the top of the league after their victory over Leicester on Boxing Day.
But Slot's title rival Mikel Arteta has just about made it into the top 10, with an average of 62,868 searches per 30 days.
Everton boss Sean Dyche was surprisingly just below Arteta, with 43,432 hunts per month.
And Newcastle's Eddie Howe is the second most popular Premier League manager in Britain, with an average of 155,003 searches.
The Englishman ranks eighth worldwide, with 216,745 searches worldwide.
Pep Guardiola is Britain's third favorite manager, with an average of 141,244 searches.
Since joining City in 2016, Guardiola has transformed the club into one of the most successful teams in the world.
As of December 2024, Guardiola has won 35 major trophies in his managerial career at three different clubs.
Ruben Amorim, the newly appointed manager of Manchester United, has averaged 102,046 views, making him Britain's fourth most sought-after manager.
Unlike Slot, who made the best ever managerial start of any Liverpool boss, Amorim set up an unwanted record after United's 2–0 defeat to relegation fighters Wolves.
Amorim has become the first United boss to lose five of his first 10 games in 92 years as his difficult start at Old Trafford continues.
Bruno Fernandes was shown a second yellow card – his third dismissal of the season – before goals from Matheus Cunha and Hwang Hee-chan secured a huge win for Vitor Pereira's men.
No details are yet available for Pereira as the Portuguese coach only replaced Gary O'Neil eight days ago.
In fifth to ninth place are Enzo Marseca, Kieran McKenna, Ange Postecoglou, Unai Emery and Ruud van Nistelrooy.
While there is no place in the top 10 for Julen Lopetegui, Thomas Frank, Andoni Iraola or Marco Silva.
And while high-flying Nottingham Forest sit third in the Prem, their manager Nuno Espirito Santo is at the bottom of Google searches, with an average of 1,829 per month.
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