Pellegrini Sacked By West Ham United

By Akinwale Kasali

The wind of sack blowing over coaches in the English Premiership has blown away another high profile coach.

After losing four matches out of five, London Club Side, West Ham United Football Club, has sacked its Chilean Coach, Manuel Pellegrini.

Club owner, David Sullivan, announced Pellegrini’s sack after the Club’s 2-1 loss to Leicester City at the London Stadium courtesy of goals from Kelechi Iheanacho and Demerai Gray. Pablo Fornals scored  the Club’s only goal in the match, just 48 hours after losing to Crystal Palace Football Club 2-1 at Selhurst Park on Boxing day.

The  Hammers, as West Ham United Football Club is called, sits on the 17th position in the Premier League, just one point shy of the relegation zone after 19 games.

Pellegrini joined West Ham in May 2018 with the former Manchester City manager guiding the club to a 10th-placed finish in his first season in charge.

His second campaign at the helm failed to get going, however, with the club losing its first league game 5-0 and winning only five of their first 19 matches in the Premier League.

Confirming the sack of Pellegrini, Sullivan said the  decision to part ways with Pellegrini on Saturday night was important to get the club “back on track”.

“It is with great disappointment that we’ve had to make this decision,” Sullivan said, via a club statement.

“Manuel is a gentleman and it has been a real pleasure to work with someone of his calibre.

“However, it has become clear 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.”

Pellegrini is the eighth coach in the English Premier League this season to be Sacked after Mauricio Pochettino, Javi Gracia, Quique Sanchez Flores, Unai Emery, Freddie Ljungberg and Marco Silva.