Fulham have sacked manager Slavisa Jokanovic and have replaced him with former Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri.
Jokanovic helped get Fulham promoted via the playoffs last season but after a summer of high spending, the club’s results in the Premier League have not been good enough for the board, who have decided to make a change.
Ranieri, who guided the Foxes to a famous Premier League title win, will take over a Fulham side that are rooted to the foot of the table having won just one league game all season.
As per the club’s official site, Chairman Shahid Khan said:
I wasn’t anticipating having to make this announcement related to Slaviša and wish the circumstances were such that I didn’t have to, but our path this season has led me to make what I know is the correct decision, at the right time, for our players, the Club and our supporters,” Khan said. “Slaviša will always have my appreciation and respect for everything he did to return Fulham to top-flight football. I am hoping everyone in the Fulham Family shares my heartfelt sentiments for Slaviša and joins me in wishing him success and good fortune, wherever his next stop may be.
Ranieri himself said he is delighted to be the next Fulham boss:
It is an honour to accept Mr. Khan’s invitation and opportunity to lead Fulham, a fantastic club with tradition and history. The objective at Fulham should never be to merely survive in the Premier League. We must at all times be a difficult opponent and should expect to succeed. This Fulham squad has exceptional talent that is contrary to its position in the table. I know this team is very capable of better performances, which we will work on straight away as we prepare for Southampton at the Cottage.
