Izuchukwu OkosiLa Liga side Sevilla have begun the search for a new coach following the sacking of manager Diego Alonso Saturday night after the Europa League current holders lost 3-0 at home to Getafe at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán.
Sevilla, the most successful European side in the Europa League competition with seven titles are currently placed 16th in the table with 13 points after 16 games thus far.
Granada are just one place above bottom-side Almeria with 8 points from 17 La Liga matches this term.
The Uruguayan Alonso, who replaced Jose Luis Mendilibar in October, failed to win any of his 12 matches in La Liga and the Champions League.
Alonso’s only two victories whilst in charge of Sevilla came in the Copa del Rey.
Sporting Director Victor Orta addressed the situation to the club’s media channels, and he hopes to have Alonso’s replacement installed in the very near future.
“We have dismissed Diego Alonso, with all the pain in our hearts. I believe that there have been many circumstances that have not been in accordance with the work done and this has not been in accordance with the results,” Orta announced following the news of the dismissal.
“Unfortunately, in football, the first thing to change is the coach. I’m here to announce the dismissal and not make him go through the bad news of interviews.
“From tomorrow, we will try to work to incorporate a coach as soon as possible for the Granada game. Now we only think about getting back to winning ways this team that tries and doesn’t quite find the results.
“We thank Diego for his work, with extreme honesty and a good quality of work. The results have not been given and only this language is understood. We wish him all the luck in the world and we’re already working to try and win Tuesday’s game.”
Tuesday’s match with Granada is huge for Sevilla. Both teams are in the relegation battle at the bottom of the table, so a victory for either side would be huge. Los Nervionenses will hope that their new manager will be in charge.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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