Reading Football Club can announce that Jose Gomes has left his position as first team manager.
Gomes joined the club at the end of December 2018 and successfully steered the club away from the threat of relegation.
However, following just two wins in the first 11 league games in 2019-20, owner Mr Yongge Dai has made the difficult decision to part company with Gomes and make a change at first team level.
We would like to sincerely thank Jose for his hard work during his tenure as manager at Reading Football Club and we wish him the very best of luck in his future career.
The club will make no additional comment at this time but will provide further updates as soon as possible.
Club Confirm Jose Gomes Departure
After it was widely reported throughout yesterday, Reading Football Club have officially released a statement to confirm the departure of manager Jose Gomes. The brief statement confirms that the club took the decision to sack Gomes after a return of just two wins from the opening 11 games of the new Championship season. There is no news just yet on who the club intend to bring in to replace Gomes, although former Wales, Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Stoke City and Southampton manager Mark Hughes remains favourite:
From the Discussion
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WO WoodleyRoyal 5 Oct 2019 · 5:08pm
Fans getting restless, should he go now? International break coming up....
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SU Sutekh 5 Oct 2019 · 5:22pm
It’s that the style of play just is not suitable for the English second division. Trying to play like Liverpool when the players don’t seem fit enough and there just isn't the pace in the squad is plainly ridiculous. Tough start yes, but constant defeats against workmanlike (Charlton, Blackburn) and poor (Hull, Middlesbrough) sides as well as anyone half decent isn’t really acceptable. The home form is unforgivable and rampant Preston are next up. The only question is whether the club can afford the removal of JG and his two sidekicks and then the hiring of his replacement. Personally think he’ll be given until the November…
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HO Hound 5 Oct 2019 · 5:28pm
It’s not working. Seen nothing to suggest it is going to work Give a new man time to turn the season round
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GE genome 5 Oct 2019 · 5:29pm
Where's the "shake it all about" option?
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TM tidus_mi2 5 Oct 2019 · 5:32pm
I'm in the Out camp now, I like what he did last season and the positivity he brought to the fans but that is well and truly eroding away and I don't think he's going to find the way of playing to get us climbing up the league, I would sack him and get Hughton in if he wants the job, a proven, successfully Championship manager.
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ZI Zip 5 Oct 2019 · 5:33pm
In but as I mentioned after Fulham he has to scrap the current style of play and start again and go back to basics, If this lot cant play a pressing game because they aren’t fit enough they can fuck off.
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HO Hound 5 Oct 2019 · 5:37pm
In but as I mentioned after Fulham he has to scrap the current style of play and start again and go back to basics, If this lot cant play a pressing game because they aren’t fit enough they can oxf*rd off. Would he, or even can he? I don’t even particularly care if we press if we decide to have a solid formation instead and play deeper. We do neither
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SA sandman 5 Oct 2019 · 5:38pm
With regret I've changed my opinion to out.