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Reports: Poyet poised for sack at Betis
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GUSTAVO Poyet is facing the sack as Real Betis coach after less than four months in charge of the Spanish top-flight club, local media reports said yesterday.
According to the Seville daily ABC, the former Brighton and Hove Albion, Sunderland and AEK Athens coach flew to London on Thursday after taking his last training session with the struggling Andalusian side.
Betis has taken just 11 points from 11 games under the Uruguayan and is 14th in the Spanish league table, two points above the relegation zone.
A former midfielder for Uruguay, Real Zaragoza, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, Poyet succeeded Juan Merino at Betis but got off to a nightmare start, losing his first game 2-6 to champion Barcelona.
His fortunes improved as Betis took eight points from its next five games but a downward spiral began with a 0-1 defeat at Real Sociedad, the start of four defeats in five matches, including a 1-6 thrashing at home by Real Madrid.
Poyet has also been criticized for leaving talisman Ruben Castro, the team’s top scorer last season, out of his starting lineup for two of the last three games.
Betis is one of the best supported clubs in Spain and one of only nine teams to have won La Liga.
In recent years it has witnessed upheaval on and off the pitch, suffering relegation in 2009 and 2014.
Poyet is its sixth managerial appointment in three years.
Former Levante and Getafe coach Luis Garcia Plaza is the favorite to replace him if his sacking is confirmed.
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