David Wagner sacked by Norwich less than 24 hours after Leeds play-off thrashing
David Wagner has been sacked by Norwich City following their 4-0 defeat to Leeds United in the Championship play-off semi-final second leg on Thursday night.
Norwich City have given David Wagner his marching orders after a disastrous play-off defeat to Leeds United sealed their fate for another season in the Championship.
The Canaries, who had managed a 0-0 draw in the first leg at Carrow Road, were left shell-shocked after a 4-0 drubbing at Elland Road on Thursday.
Goals Ilia Gruev, Joel Piroe, Georginio Rutter and Crysencio Summerville propelled Leeds to a Wembley showdown against either Southampton or West Brom.
Wagner's tenure at Carrow Road was marred by discontent among fans over what many saw as uninspiring football. Despite this, he initially seemed to turn the tide, leading Norwich to a sixth-place finish and a shot at promotion via the play-offs.
However, their lacklustre performance in the second leg, where they were outplayed across the board, has led to his dismissal.
Post-match, a downcast Wagner lamented the team's showing. "It is disappointing," he said.
"Obviously a poor performance from us, Leeds were very good. Everything which you should not do we have done. We conceded very easy avoidable goal very early.
"The second one as well was an absolutely predictable situation. We switched off for a second and got punished. We had the situation with Josh [Sargent] where we can maybe get some positive energy back and then we concede the third.
"In the duels we were second best and it's a very disappointing evening, end of the season as well. Against Leeds away you have to stay in the game as long as you can and then you can get something, we've done more or less the opposite, conceding early, conceding three in one half, this is more or less impossible to turn around."
Ex-Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper is being tipped to take over the reins from Wagner, while Arsenal deputy chief Carlos Cuesta is also under consideration.
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Norwich anticipate a busy summer with a potential revamp of their squad as they gear up for a campaign without much-sought parachute payments.
Jonathan Rowe, who has scored an impressive 13 goals this term, along with Brazilian midfielder Gabriel Sara, will garner attention from clubs.
Angus Gunn has been linked with a switch to Rangers, with his estimated worth sitting at around £3million. Dimitrios Giannoulis, Ben Gibson and Sam McCallum are among the players whose contracts expire this summer.