Tottenham Hotspur have sacked interim head coach Cristian Stellini after just four games in charge. The Italian took over as acting first-team manager in the wake of Antonio Conte's departure last month but oversaw a horrendous 6-1 loss to Newcastle United on Sunday afternoon.
Stellini won
just one of his four games as acting head coach - scraping a 2-1 victory over
Brighton & Hove Albion - as Spurs also drew with Everton and lost to
Bournemouth under his wing.
The
48-year-old served as Conte's assistant in North London and surprisingly stayed
on when his compatriot departed, but he will swiftly follow him out of the door
in another farcical episode for the Lilywhites.
Ryan Mason -
who was promoted to assistant head coach under Stellini - will now take over as
first-team manager for the second time, having also seen out the 2020-21 season
after Jose Mourinho's departure.
In a
statement, Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy labelled Sunday's humiliating defeat
at Newcastle "wholly unacceptable" and confirmed that Stellini would
be departing the club along with his coaching team.
Levy also
revealed that he chaired a meeting with the players' committee on Monday after
the "devastating" loss at St James' Park, affirming that the squad
are "determined" to finish the season strongly.
"Sunday's
performance against Newcastle was wholly unacceptable. It was devastating to
see. We can look at many reasons why it happened and whilst myself, the Board,
the coaches and players must all take collective responsibility, ultimately the
responsibility is mine," Levy wrote.
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