Slaven Bilic has become the first Premier League manager to be sacked this season as West Brom wanted be out of relegation zone and club does not trust bilic’s way no more.
A decision was made on his future after the weekend defeat by Newcastle – and before Tuesday night’s plucky draw with Manchester City.
A club statement read: ‘West Bromwich Albion have today parted company with Head Coach Slaven Bilic.
‘Assistant Coaches, Dean Racunica and Danilo Butorovic, and First Team Coach Julian Dicks have also left the club with immediate effect.
‘Albion would like to thank Slaven and his coaching staff for their efforts in achieving promotion last season and wishes them all well in the future.’
Sam Allardyce will be the new manager of Baggies in the Premier League.
Last night draw against Manchester City took them to seven points from 13 games since they came up from the Championship. They are currently two points off relegation zone.
Bilic tried to deflect questions about his future on Tuesday night but admitted the situation was out of his hands.
‘I’m very calm,’ said the 52-year-old.
‘I’m doing my job. I’m not bothered about (my future). I can’t be more proud of what my team showed tonight. The other things are out of my control and I’m not bothered.
‘I’m really proud of the boys. We asked them to work hard, to frustrate them and to wait for our chances and we’ve done everything. We helped each other and we counted of course on (goalkeeper) Sam Johnstone.
‘But that’s what you need when you come to Etihad if you want to get anything from the game.
‘Every point counts. For me it would mean more than a point, the knowledge of what we have to do now in every game. If we go like crazy and fight for each other then we are going to have a good chance (of staying up) no matter how we play.’
The Baggies are currently 19th in the Premier League table with seven points from 13 fixtures.
