Forlan Sacked By Hometown Club Penarol After 11 Games

By Daily sports on September 2, 2020

Not all homecomings have a happy ending.

Kevin Keegan's second spell as Newcastle manager, Diego Maradona's time as Argentina boss, moving back in with your parents after a term at university...

There are many examples, and Diego Forlan is the latest to join the list.

Forlan, 41, won plenty as a player – including the Premier League and FA Cup with Manchester United (though let's not dwell on his tally of only 17 goals across two and a half seasons at Old Trafford).

Late in his playing career he joined Penarol – in his hometown Montevideo – and helped them win the Uruguayan league in 2015-16.

The striker enjoyed a happier return as a player with the club.

But his spell as the club's head coach has not gone well. Appointed in December, he has now left the role after Penarol won just four of his 11 matches in charge.

"Thank you for the opportunity you gave me," he wrote on Twitter. "To the players, thank you very much for your patience, your respect, your dedication and your teachings.

"Finally, thanks to the fans for their love. I have no complaints, this is football."

This is football indeed. And she can be a cruel mistress. (BBC)

•PHOTO: Diego Forlan 

Source Daily sports

Posted September 2, 2020


 

You may also like...
Premiership Players to Boycott Social Media over Racist...

Fireworks At Wembley As Italy, England Battle For...

Adidas to cut short sponsorship deal with IAAF...

Man City Start Negotiations With Aston Villa Over...

Wilder mocks Joshua on father's day

Nnadozie goes top as goalkeeper with most saves...

 

Latest News Ogbu hails current Eagles as Nigeria’s greatest Ahmedu backs Oyedeji to steady Nigerian basketball Gusau backs Chelle to continue as Eagles coach Osimhen, Ndidi, Awaziem party in Lagos after AFCON third-place finish Senegal face punishment after ‘shameful’ walk-off protest in chaotic Afcon final - latest AFCON: Why I told Senegal teammates to come back to pitch against Morocco – Mane AFCON 2025: Osimhen, Ndidi, two Super Eagles players leave camp after Egypt win We Have Already Made A Decision On Future Of Eric Chelle As Super Eagles Coach – NFF CAF appoints Moroccan for third-place game Ogunmokun sets new 500m national record Disappointed Chelle wants bronze medal PREVIEW: Nigeria target ninth bronze, clash with Egypt in AFCON third-place showdown

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (63,481 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (54,767 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (52,665 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,335 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,264 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,172 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,038 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (51,593 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (50,773 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,302 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (47,691 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,159 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media