Leonid Slutsky: Hull City's Russian manager leaves after six months in charge
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Hull City boss Leonid Slutsky has left the club by "mutual consent" after the Championship side went seven games without a win.
The former CSKA Moscow manager became the first Russian to manage an English side when he took over the relegated Premier League club in the summer.
However, the 46-year-old won only four of his 20 league games in charge and questioned his players' mentality after losing 4-1 at Sheffield United.
Hull are 20th in the Championship.
Slutsky arrived at the East Yorkshire club with considerable pedigree, having won three Russian titles with CSKA Moscow and managed Russia at Euro 2016.
Under Slutsky's leadership the Tigers scored 34 goals in the Championship, but conceded 37 - the third-highest total in the division.
His last game was a 2-2 draw at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.
Slutsky's departure means Hull are looking for their fourth manager since Steve Bruce resigned in July 2016.
After the 3-1 defeat by Middlesbrough on 31 October, Slutsky admitted he would have understood being sacked.
Hull vice-chairman Ehab Allam said: "Leonid has worked tirelessly in his role and has acted with complete honour and been a pleasure to work with.
"Unfortunately results have not improved as both parties would have hoped and therefore it was agreed for the relationship to come to an end."
Slutsky said: "I am very proud to have been through this experience, it was challenging but a very exciting time for me."
Head of club strategy Oleg Yarovinsky, who had worked with Slutsky as Sporting Director of CSKA Moscow, has also left his role at the KCOM Stadium.
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If anyone should leave, it is the owners.
The owners are the ones who need to provide answers.
Sorry but you are all that's wrong with football today. I don't support Hull simply because I'm not from there but don't hold any animosity towards the club or their fans. Please grow up.
For gods sake don't give us Nigel Adkins as his replacement
Good luck Leonid....Shame it didn't work out for you at HCAFC...But in saying that you were out of your depth..that and working with the Allams meant you were on a hiding to nothing.
Therein lies the answer to all of this mess that has come to pass. Ehab Allam is responsible for Hull City AFC's demise and no one else.
Slutsky seemed keen to leave earlier though this was probably out of honour rather than any self-preservation, refreshing in the cynical world of football.
He had an average squad marginally better than Sunderland's and that is no compliment.
Could be one of those impossible jobs anyway, like Sunderland, with owners just going through the motions and giving whoever comes in as manager little chance to make an impact.
Hull have lost 12 points this season so far to conceding the winning goal in the last 10 minutes.
Thing is, they can score goals as well!
It's those last 10 minutes of play that need addressing, and they'll be racking the points.