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Queens Park Rangers have sacked manager Neil Critchley after just 12 games in charge at Loftus Road.
The west London club have gone 10 Championship games without a win and are 17th in the table, eight points above the relegation zone.
Critchley, 44, was appointed on a three-and-a-half-year deal in December after Michael Beale left for Rangers.
He won his first game against Preston, but has only picked up five points from the 30 available since then.
Rangers took the decision following Saturday’s 3-1 defeat at third-placed Middlesbrough, and Critchley’s assistants Mike Garrity and Iain Brunskill have also left the club.
QPR chief executive Lee Hoos said it was “hugely disappointing to have to make such a decision” so early in Critchley’s tenure.
“However, after seeing the team slip from play-off contenders to one being drawn into a relegation battle, the board [of directors] felt it had to act,” Hoos added in a statement on the club website.
“There is no doubt Neil inherited a difficult situation when he joined and we would like to acknowledge his superb work ethic and professionalism throughout our dealings.
“He is a fantastic man and we have no doubts he will go on to be a success elsewhere, just as he was at Blackpool.”
More to follow.
