Championship aspect Wigan Athletic sacked supervisor Kolo Toure on Thursday, lower than two months into his 3-1/2 yr contract, after he didn’t win any of his 9 video games in cost.
The former Arsenal and Manchester City defender was appointed in late November however Wigan took solely two factors from his seven league video games and had been additionally knocked out of the FA Cup by Luton Town after a replay.
Last weekend’s 2-0 loss to Luton within the Championship left Wigan backside of the desk, 4 factors from security.
“Unfortunately, the results on the field have not been as we would have liked and as tough a decision as this was, the board felt it necessary to give us the best possible chance of remaining a Championship club next season,” Wigan chief government Malachy Brannigan mentioned in an announcement.
Toure, 41, made 353 appearances within the Premier League for Arsenal, City and Liverpool between 2002-16 and earned 120 caps for Ivory Coast. He was in his first managerial function after beforehand being a part of the teaching set-up at Leicester City and Celtic below Brendan Rodgers.
Wigan are actually on the lookout for their fifth everlasting supervisor within the final three years. They spent eight seasons within the Premier League earlier than they had been relegated in 2013, the identical yr they gained the FA Cup.
Wigan subsequent play at Blackburn Rovers on Feb. 6.
