By Soccernet staff
Juande Ramos has been sacked by CSKA Moscow after just 47 days
in charge of the Russian side following the team's 3-1 home defeat
to city rivals FC Moscow on Sunday.
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Juande Ramos: Out of work again.
His dismissal came eerily exactly a year after he was sacked by
Tottenham Hotspur with CSKA announcing that former FC Moscow and
Krylia Sovetov coach Leonid Slutsky will be Ramos' replacement.
A statement on the club's official website said: "Following an
agreement between all parties, CSKA have cancelled their contract
with head coach Juande Ramos.
"We are very grateful to Juande Ramos for the work he has done
with the team. In turn the Spanish coach thanked the club's
leadership and players for their co-operation and wished the
football club every success.''
Ramos was unveiled as manager on September 10, replacing Zico
after the Brazilian moved to Greek side Olympiakos, but less than
seven weeks later the former Sevilla, Tottenham and Real Madrid has
been dismissed after four wins, one draw and four defeats in his
nine games in charge.
The Spanish boss, who won back-to-back UEFA Cups with Sevilla in
2006 and 2007, was charged with helping CSKA progress in the
Champions League and a home victory over Besiktas was sandwiched
between losses to Wolfsburg and Manchester United.
The Russian side are one point behind second-placed Wolfsburg in
the Group B table with a realistic chance of qualification for the
knockout stages, but it appears that it was CSKA's worrying league
form that was behind Ramos' dismissal.
CSKA currently lie fifth in the Russian Premier League, ten
points behind leaders Rubin Kazan, and look unlikely to qualify for
the Champions League with only four games of the season
remaining.
A draw with lowly Spartak Nalchik and defeats to Zenith St
Petersburg and then Sunday's 3-1 home reverse against FC Moscow
were enough for the board to decide a change was needed at the
Luzhniki Stadium.