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Chelsea sack Avram Grant


Chelsea sack Avram Grant

Chelsea have parted company with manager Avram Grant after terminating his contract.Grant's eight-month tenure has come to an end just three days after his side lost to Manchester United in the final of the Champions League.The Chelsea manager also missed out on the Premier League by two points after his side took the Red Devils right to the wire on the last day of the season.A statement from the club said: "Chelsea Football Club can confirm that Avram Grant has had his contract as manager terminated today (Saturday, May 24). This follows meetings over the last two days."Everybody at Chelsea FC would like to thank Avram for his contribution since taking over as manager last September."We will now be concentrating all our efforts on identifying a new manager for Chelsea and there will be no further comment until that appointment is made."

ITN | May 24, 2008

Tags:. .united. .meetings. .points. .red. .follows










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