Fatih Terim sacked as Galatasaray coach

The 60-year-old has been relieved of his duties
with the Turkish club following a disappointing
start to the campaign
Fatih Terim has been dismissed as Galatasaray
coach after being voted out by the board of
directors, the club confirmed on Tuesday.
The 60-year-old, who recently took charge of
the Turkey national team, was relieved of his
duties following a disappointing start to the
campaign in his third stint as coach of the
club.
Gala president Unal Aysal had previously
revealed his concern about Terim's refusal to
accept a two-year deal with the Turkish outfit
in conjunction with his venture with the
country's national team.
"After Fatih Terim's rejection of our two-year
contract offer, the Galatasaray board have
been obligated to find new solutions," a club
statement said.
"All these developments regarding this issue
were harmful to our club and its values. Our
board have a responsibility to preserve these
values and transmit them to future
generations.
"By force of this responsibility, in order to
prevent our club from getting damaged more,
the Galatasaray board decided to terminate
Fatih Terim's contract.
"We thank Fatih Terim for his contributions
and we would like everyone to know that we
will be proud of his future achievements with
Turkish national team."
Terim oversaw the signings of Didier Drogba
and Wesley Sneijder which have so far yielded
mixed results, given the expenditure on both
players.
Gala have taken six points from four league
games and suffered a 6-1 hammering in their
Champions League Group B opener against Real
Madrid at home, with Cristiano Ronaldo
scoring a hat-trick.
Former Manchester City manager Roberto
Mancini is an early candidate to replace Terim
at the Turk Telecom Arena.