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Pellegrini sacked

December 28, 2019 at 10:11 pm Leave a comment

The “Pellegrini Revolution” has come to a premature end, but it’s been overdue: After a fourth home defeat in a row the West Ham Board have finally come to the decison to thank Manuel Pellegrini for his service and part company with the manager who had seemed completely clueless how to turn around West Ham’s fortune recently. West Ham captain Declan Rice said the frustration of the squad was “10 out of 10”, blaming a lack of confidence for his side’s slide from fifth in the table at the end of September to the cusp of the bottom three. Pellegrini has left the Club with immediate effect.

The following statement was issued after another home defeat on Saturday evening with West Ham losing 1-2 to Leicester:

Joint-Chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold, along with the Board and everyone at West Ham United, would like to place on record their thanks to Manuel for his service over the past 18 months.

Mr Sullivan said: “It is with great disappointment that we’ve had to make this decision. Manuel is a gentleman and it has been a real pleasure to work with someone of his calibre.

“However, it has become clear that that a change is required to get the Club back on track in line with our ambitions this season. We felt it was necessary to act now in order to give the new manager as much time as possible to try and achieve that goal.”

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