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The club reached a “mutual arrangement” for his sacking after it became clear that the President had lost his trust in him.
Sheik Turki Al-Sheik had lost faith in him but his contract had yet to be resolved by an agreement. That moment came on Friday night and so Almería announced that. Guti isn’t the manager anymore.
“José María Gutiérrez is no longer our manager after reaching a mutual agreement with the club. Thank you very much, José María, for all your efforts and for your dedication to our colours. We wish you all the success possible in your career”, the club said in a statement.
The bad results since the return to football, which have left them 5 points from the automatic promotion spots after the slip up against Alcorcón (0-1), has weakened the owner’s patience, who thinks that because of the great economic effort made on the squad, they should earn automatic promotion to La Liga.
Situated in 3rd place with 7 matches left, Almería at least have a very good chance of making the playoffs as they are 7 points above Rayo who are 7th.
After the cancellation of training on Friday evening, various sources take it as a given that B team manager, Nandinho, will oversee Sunday’s clash against Mirandés.
However, before the end of the season, the current sporting director, Mário Silva, is being talked about as the big candidate of Al-Sheik to try to get back on track the automatic promotion fight.
