Firing of managers: Labbadia, Pacheta, Martínez sacked

Firing of managers continues in Europe on Monday as well. Where two trainers already flew out in the Premier League at Leicester City and Chelsea on Sunday, it is a day later in the Bundesliga and in Spain.

Stuttgart is ready for a fourth head coach

And just like Chelsea, VfB Stuttgart is also making the cut. Where the Londoners also sent his successor Graham Potter out on Sunday after Thomas Tuchel , Bruno Labbadia has to leave Germany after four months.

The 57-year-old German was appointed as the new head coach at the beginning of December, after assistant coach Michael Wimmer was initially put forward as an interim after the dismissal of Pellegrino Matarazzo (now Hoffenheim) in October.

Now that Labbadia has only taken six points in eleven league matches and Stuttgart is bottom of the Bundesliga, he has to make way for Sebastian Hoeness. The forty-year-old son of former international Dieter Hoeness still worked at 1899 Hoffenheim last season.

For example, Stuttgart is already ready for its fourth head coach of the season. General manager Alexander Wehrle states on the club website that Labbadia could not bring about the desired turnaround. “We realised that a new impulse was needed,” he said.

Sebastien Hoeness is the man to take care of that. The former coach of Hoffenheim and the second team of Bayern Munich signed a contract until mid-2025 with Stuttgart, which still has eight games to leave the relegation zone.

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Real Valladolid sacked coach Pacheta

It was also Monday in La Liga. Owner Ronaldo’s Real Valladolid sacked coach Pacheta after the 6-0 defeat to Real Madrid.

Espanyol fires Diego Martínez

At Espanyol, Diego Martínez had to leave the field after the fourth defeat in a row against Girona on Saturday.