Littbarski sacked... again
Monday, 20 October 08, 08:30 PM · Comments(2)
Pierre Littbarski may have been one of the finest midfielders to grace Die Mannschaft in the past thirty years. But he doesn't quite seem to be cut out for the coaching caper.
As reported by Kicker Magazin, Littbarski has apparently walked out on Iranian club Saipa just ten weeks after taking over as coach.
According to Saipa President Hamid Sadschadi, the former World Cup winner with West Germany travelled unannounced to Dubai several weeks ago and hasn't been heard from since. Not surprisingly, Saipa have now rescinded his contract.
In his ten weeks in charge Littbarski was the most unsuccessful coach in the club's history, with Saipa knocked out of the AFC Champions League while picking up just three points from seven games in the league.
It's a far cry from Littbarski's halcyon days as coach of Sydney FC, where he led the harbour side to the inaugural A-League championship.
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2 Comments · Add yours
Even at Sydney he took the best squad (assembled to be better than it's opponents by some considerable margin) and had them stumble to the title.
But this is hilarious. Brown suit shops in Dubai?
Digging a little deeper here it seems like his departure was reported by some media outlets on the 8th of October but only picked up by Kicker Magazin yesterday.
Seems to be plenty of confusion as to his actual status at the club, but it looks like he's been boned all the same.