Serie A side Salernitana sack manager Davide Nicola for second time in just 31 DAYS in bizarre hire-and-fire
SERIE A side Salernitana have sacked their manager for the second time in 31 days.
Davide Nicola managed to successfully persuade the owner to give him his job back after his initial sacking in January.
GettyDavide Nicola managed to talk himself back into a job the first time he was fired[/caption]
But the 49-year-old has managed to last barely a month before being fired again.
The chaotic Italian club are four points clear on the bottom three but lost to relegation rivals Hellas Verona on Monday night.
The win meant Verona, who occupy the final danger spot, have pulled within four points of Salernitana.
That proved to be the final straw again for the club who dismissed Nicola.
His previous dismissal on January 18 came two days after Salernitana were walloped 8-2 by Atalanta with Ademola Lookman netting a brace.
The coach’s surprise re-appointment has only yielded one win from four games.
Club president Danilo Iervolina previously said conversations with Nicola had convinced him to reverse the initial decision to sack him.
He said: “You only realise how much you love someone when they leave.
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“It was the only way we could clear the air. So for the good of the club, the players and everything, it’s only right that the coach has another chance, with the promise the team will never again suffer such a humiliating defeat.”
The relegation fight see winless Cremonese bottom with eight points Sampdoria second-bottom with 11, both cut adrift from the teams above them. But then only seven points separate the six teams above them.
At the other end of the table, unstoppable Napoli boast a 15 point lead at the summit.
