Former Manchester United and Ireland midfielder Roy Keane has resigned from Sunderland after three days of negotiations following their losing the last 5 out of 6 and slipping into the Relegation zone in the Barclay’s Premiership standings.
Alan Curbishley, who only took over at Upton Park in December 2006 has turned in his resignation as manager of West Ham United.
It’s been believed that Curbishley had been extremely unhappy with the moves being made by the board and some being made against his wishes, most importantly the move of defender Anton Ferdinand to Sunderland and Roy Keane capturing George McCartney as well on the last day of the Summer Transfer Window.
A statement on the club’s official website read: “We can confirm that we have accepted Alan Curbishley’s resignation as we feel it is in the best interests of both parties.”
“The transfers of Anton Ferdinand and George McCartney along with the release of Freddie Ljungberg were right for the club and decisions had to be taken based on our best long-term interests.
“In the past week, agreement could not be reached with Ferdinand on a new contract to replace his original deal that had just two years left to run while McCartney handed in a formal written transfer request after failing to resolve his personal reasons for wanting a move away.”
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AEG Chief Executive Officer Tim Leiweke and the LA Galaxy have accepted the resignation of Head Coach Ruud Gullit, with Cobi Jones stepping up as Interim Head Coach effective immediately ahead of Thursday night’s SuperClasico.
General Manager Alexi Lalas was also fired in the shuffle, whose contract was set to expire at the end of the season. Tom Payne, the teams Assistant GM will take over Lalas’ duties for now, with Director of Player Personnel Paul Bravo assisting Payne.
With Gullit throwing his LA crib up on the market just at the end of last month and Darth Leiweke making a throwdown appearance in the Galaxy locker room last week, was this really any surprise?
Gullit said in the Galaxy’s Press Release, “In truth, it has proved a lot more difficult than I anticipated for my family to settle in the area and the club has been very supportive and understanding of my decision. I would like to thank the players and the fans for their fantastic support and I wish the LA Galaxy much success in the future. I would now like to spend some time with my family before considering any other position in football.”
As for Lalas, Leiweke said, “With Ruud moving on, we believe that this is the right time to make more sweeping changes throughout the organization. Our commitment continues to be focused on not only winning the MLS Cup this and every season but to build a club capable of competing at the international level. This decision is the right one for the organization, the right one for the players and the right one for our fans. We thank Alexi for the tremendous hard work and dedication he brought to his job each and every day.”
Wonder what Vegas has for odds on The Bruce for Head Coach or GM? I’m thinking the latter might be in the cards…
Michael Laudrup’s taken Getafe to the Quarter-Finals of Uefa (going through Benfica, AEK and barely losing out to Bayern Munich 3-3 on away goals), the second consecutive King’s Cup Final (lost to Valencia) and a mid-table (13th) finish in La Liga. Not bad for following up Bernd Schuster.
Now he’s announced that he’s stepping down at the end of the season.
Let the links to the big coaching vacancies (and soon to be vacancies) start….. NOW!
Does this look like a man who has serious health issues? Valencia President Juan Soler announced his resignation to board members on Wednesday citing health reasons.
Maybe it was due more to the state of the team and the shocker they’ve been having this season.
There you go Albeda. Have fun Mr. Koeman and I’ll just say goodbye now, rather than at the end of the year.
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After dropping more points in a 2-2 draw at home against bottom club Uniao Leiria, Jose Antonio Camacho formally resigned as head coach of BWINLiga side Benfica. The once powerful club sits 14 points behind Porto and has been struggling for sometime under the Spaniard, who had managed Real Madrid before his time with Benfica.
With Freddy Adu away with the US Olympic Team for Qualifiers in Tampa, one has to wonder what kind of affect this will have on his situation being the second coach he’s gone through in his short time with the club.
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Ex-Colombian player and Ex-Ecuador (he coached them at the 2002 World Cup) manager Hernan Dario Gomez is now Ex-Guatemala manager. After posting too many defeats for his own liking, Gomez handed in his resignation following Guatemala’s 5-0 drubbing at the hands of Argentina.
