Slaven Bilic.
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Bilic is the first top-flight manager in England to be sacked this season and his team have picked up only seven points.
West Brom s sole victory came against bottom side Sheffield United late last month while they drew four games and lost eight. West Bromwich Albion have today parted company with head coach Slaven Bilic, the club said in a statement. Assistant coaches, Dean Racunica and Danilo Butorovic, and first team coach Julian Dicks have also left the club with immediate effect.
Bilic s last match in charge was Tuesday s 1-1 draw with Manchester City and the Croatian manager said he was not bothered about what was happening behind the scenes as rumours of his sacking gathered steam.
Bilic fired by West Brom after City draw
Delivering West Bromwich Albion s best result of the season was not enough to save Slaven Bilic from becoming the first Premier League manager to be fired. Bilic lost his job Wednesday, a day after West Brom drew 1-1 at Manchester City with the kind of hard-working display that showed his players had not given up on their coach.
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Sam Allardyce secured his return to Premier League management at the age of 66 on Wednesday, taking over at West Bromwich Albion where he has been handed a familiar task: saving a struggling team from relegation.