John Terry is going to be a name to keep an eye on in the early part of the season, especially when poor form puts a few managers under pressure.
The legendary former Chelsea and England captain has quit Aston Villa in his role as an assistant to Dean Smith as he looks to carve out a managerial career of his own.
Right now the 40-year-old is only linked with the vacant Swansea City job following the resignation of Steve Cooper from the Championship side.
John Terry has left Aston Villa as an assistant coach to prepare for a management role
He is set to become the seventh boss from |England's failed 'golden generation' of 2006, including Frank Lampard (left), Gary Neville (right) and Steven Gerrard (second right)
Terry though is not desperate to jump into a job and is ready to tour Europe to get a better feel and experience for the range of coaching styles he could bring to a future club.
It seems inevitable that Terry will land a job sooner rather than later and it will make him the seventh manager from England's so-called 'golden generation', who so disappointingly were repeatedly knocked out in major tournament quarter-finals, including in the World Cup in 2006, which for so long they were tipped to win.
The previous six have had mixed success in the managerial hot seat, but what can Terry learn from his former team-mates' successes and failures?
Terry had become an important part of Dean Smith's (left) backroom team at Villa Park
Back-up goalkeeper to Paul Robinson at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, James was the first of the England stars to move into management, albeit in a minor capacity compared to his peers.
After coaching stints in Iceland and at Luton, in 2014 he signed a player/manager deal to take control at Indian side Kerala Blasters - owned by the legendary cricket batsman Sachin Tendulkar.
David James (1) did not feature at the 2006 World Cup despite being named in the England squad for the tournament in Germany, as he poses in a team line-up for a B international
He enjoyed a positive campaign in reaching the play-offs of the Indian Super League, before falling just short with defeat in the final.
After leaving at the end of his one-season contract he returned four years later, taking over from former Fulham boss and Manchester United assistant Rene Meulensteen.
A positive end to the 2017-18 season followed despite missing out on the play-offs but an 11-match winless run at the start of the following campaign saw him depart in December 2018.
The lesson for Terry? Given James has not landed a manager's job in England, perhaps don't start your journey in such distant lands, because, win or lose, being out of sight will do little for your reputation back home.
James' only managerial tenures came at Indian side Kerala Blasters, where he initially shone
Four years on from his retirement in 2011, Neville took a shock plunge into management having previously carved out a role as a leading TV pundit.
What proved even more of a surprise was his choice to jump straight in at the deep end with Valencia, who financially stricken and in crisis were perhaps not the best option for the former right-back to dip his toes into management without prior coaching experience outside of assisting England boss Roy Hodgson.
His positive relationship with club owner Peter Lim played a big factor, but his appointment just short of halfway into the 2015-16 season would soon turn into a total nightmare.
Gary Neville (2) played twice for England at Germany 2006, including during the scarring penalty shootout defeat by Portugal (yet again) in the quarter-finals
Valencia failed to win any of their first nine league games under Neville's tenure, before winning three of their next four to suggest a turnaround was on the cards.
But it wasn't just LaLiga, or even the Spanish language, where Neville was struggling. Valencia had been knocked out of the Champions League group stage on his watch (albeit given no hope to progress in his one game), dumped out of the Europa League last-16 by Athletic Bilbao on away goals and thumped 7-0 by Barcelona in the first leg of the Spanish Cup semi-final.
After the run of nine points from 12, Neville's Valencia lost their next three league games to fall to within six points of the bottom three - resulting in his dismissal at the end of March and a return to the safety of punditry.
Neville's managerial career proved a disaster at Valencia where he was sacked after just over three months in charge at the Spanish side, who were in deep financial trouble
By far the most successful manager of the 'class of 2006'. Like Neville, Gerrard too dived straight into a deep end filled with piranhas by accepting a job to manage Rangers for the 2018-19 season.
The Glasgow giants had been constantly falling short in domestic campaigns amid the domination of the Scottish Premiership by bitter rivals Celtic, and only by winning the top flight would he be deemed as a success during his tenure.
Despite failing in his first season, there were positive signs including a 12-match unbeaten run to open the campaign, while also inflicting a first victory over Celtic for six years.
Steven Gerrard celebrates scoring against Trinidad and Tobago at the 2006 World Cup
The former England captain's first year saw him linked with the Newcastle United job for 2019-20. But deciding to stay at Rangers the season would again result in a runners-up finish behind Celtic after the coronavirus pandemic brought the campaign to an early end.
But Gerrard has since significantly boosted his managerial
