Fulham FC and head coach Marco Silva, 48, will part ways at the end of the current season following his arrival in 2021. Silva led the club to the Championship title in his first year and subsequent Premier League finishes of 10th, 13th and 11th. He is heavily linked with a move to Benfica.
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Silva's exit after delivering promotion and mid-table stability illustrates labor precarity for coaches under billionaire owners who treat successful tenures as disposable.
“Owner power and lack of worker protections in elite football”
A competent but limited tenure ended through mutual recognition that further progress had stalled, reflecting pragmatic institutional decision-making.
“Outcomes, loyalty erosion and natural limits of the partnership”
The separation represents voluntary contract termination allowing both coach and club to pursue better opportunities without external interference.
“Individual agency and market-driven mobility”
All prior views rest on an unexamined premise that the five-year record met ownership targets, while ignoring unconfirmed Benfica details and possible manager-driven timing.
“Untested assumptions about success and overlooked agency asymmetry”
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