Milutin Sredojevic: Zamalek president Mortada Mansour explains why he sacked Micho

The Egyptian giants confirmed on Monday that Sredojevic had been relieved of his duties by mutual consent after defeats to ENPPI and TP Mazembe.

After being publically backed by a host of influential figures in the White Knights squad, Mansour revealed why it was imperative for the former Orlando Pirates coach to leave.

"I didn't want for Micho to leave, you win and lose in football," Mansour explained via his official Youtube channel, as translated from Arabic.

"But it was unacceptable for the players to support him on social media and shake the board's authority."

1. Mido - 36 games (21 January 2014 - 24 July 2014)

2. Hossam Hassan - 19 games (30 July 2014 - 2 October 2014)

3. Jaime Pacheco - 15 games (10 October 2014 - 1 January 2015)

4. Jesualdo Ferreira - 41 games (8 February 2015 - 21 November 2015)

5. Marcos Paquetá - 5 games (December 2015 - 3 January 2016)

6. Mido 2nd stint - seven games (3 January 2016 - 9 February 2016)

7. Alex McCleish - seven games (27 February 2016 - 2 May 2016)

8. Mohammed Helmy - 15 games (2 May 2016 - 27 July 2016)

8. Moamen Soliman - 10 games (30 July 2016 - 19 November 2016)

10. Mohammed Helmy 2nd stint - 23 games (28 November 2016 - 1 April 2017)

11. Augusto Inácio - 23 games (2 April 2017 - 27 July 2017)

12. Nebojša Jovovic - 18 games (16 August 2017 - 3 January 2018)

13. Ehab Galal - 17 games (3 January 2018 -13 April 2018)

14. Christian Gross - 48 games (3 July 2018 - 1 July 2019)

15. Khaled Galal - 3 games (1 July 2019 - 29 July 2019)

16. Milutin Sredojevic - 12 games (19 August 2019 - 2nd December 2019)

17. Patrice Carteron - 31 games (3 December 2019 - 15 September 2020)

18. Jaime Pacheco - 26 games (28 September 2020-11 March 2021)

Mansour has since confirmed that former Al Ahly, Raja Casablanca and Mazembe head coach Patrice Carteron has replaced 'Micho' within the hot seat of the CAF Confederation Cup champions.

"Carteron was successful with Raja and Wadi Degla, despite Maged Samy's [Wadi Degla president] lack of generosity," Mansour enthused.

"He also reached the CAF Champions League final with Al Ahly, despite not having decent players."

Mansour concluded that details over Carteron's contract will be revealed after their Champions League fixture against Primeiro de Agosto at the Cairo International Stadium on Saturday evening. 

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