Swansea City sack manager Clement

IANS  |  London 

City announced that has been sacked as the English League side have won only three league matches and are at the bottom of the standings.

coaches and have also left the club, the club said in a statement on Wednesday, reports

Huw Jenkins, confirmed: "To change the manager, especially at only the halfway point of the season, is the last thing we wanted to do as a club.

"We had three different managers last season and as a result we all wanted to give Paul as much time as possible to turn things around.

"But we felt we couldn't leave it any longer and needed to make a change to give us the best chance of an uplift and a turnaround in fortunes with the club bottom of the League."

Clement, 45, took charge in January replacing and guided the club out of the relegation zone and finished at the 15th place.

Jenkins added, "Paul has been at the club for 12 months and what he achieved in the second half of last season to keep us in the top flight was a tremendous feat. For that, and his effort and commitment this season, it goes without saying that the club thanks him for his work, together with Nigel (Gibbs) and Karl (Halabi)."

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First Published: Thu, December 21 2017. 12:28 IST