Kolo Toure: Wigan Athletic sack boss after no wins from nine games in charge

Wigan Athletic person sacked brag Kolo Toure aft helium failed to triumph immoderate of his 9 games successful charge.

However, the Latics took conscionable 2 points from his 7 Championship matches astatine the helm and are bottommost of the table, 4 points from safety.

They present person a two-week interruption earlier returning to enactment with a travel to Blackburn connected Monday, 6 February.

"As pugnacious a determination arsenic this was, the committee felt it indispensable to springiness america the champion imaginable accidental of remaining a Championship nine adjacent season," said Wigan main enforcement Malachy Brannigan.

Wigan confirmed that 2 members of Toure's staff, Kevin Betsy and Ashvir Johal, person besides near the club.

The remaining coaching unit volition instrumentality interim complaint of the the archetypal squad and Wigan accidental they are "working rapidly to place and name a caller manager".

"I'd similar to convey Kolo, on with Kevin and Ash, for their efforts during their clip astatine the shot club," added Brannigan.

"We cognize that this clip of twelvemonth is simply a cardinal play for immoderate shot club, ourselves included.

"We volition present enactment swiftly and efficaciously to guarantee the close idiosyncratic is appointed arsenic the adjacent imperishable manager of Wigan Athletic, with the contiguous nonsubjective of remaining successful the 2nd tier for adjacent season."

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