Feyenoord have sacked supervisor Brian Priske simply two days earlier than their Champions League play-off first leg conflict with AC Milan.
Priske signed a three-year contract final June after changing Arne Slot, who left to take cost of Liverpool, however has been beneath stress in current weeks.
Feyenoord discover themselves fifth within the Eredivisie desk, 12 factors behind leaders Ajax, whereas additionally seeing their KNVB Cup defence come to an finish in opposition to PSV Eindhoven final week.
Saturday’s 3-0 victory over Sparta Rotterdam was their first win in 5 video games and Priske’s 18th success throughout all competitions, however in the end, that wasn’t sufficient.
The Dane ends his time with the membership with a win share of 53.13% from his 33 matches in cost (D7 L8), the second-worst file of his managerial profession (Royal Antwerp – 44.9%).
“The membership cites the inconsistent outcomes and a scarcity of chemistry as the primary causes,” a Feyenoord assertion mentioned.
“Though Feyenoord achieved some spectacular outcomes with Brian, particularly within the Champions League, the primary crew’s efficiency has been far too inconsistent in current months, and sadly, we see too little structural progress.”
Feyenoord and Brian Priske half methods with fast impact.
We thank Brian for his time on the membership and need him all the very best.
— Feyenoord Rotterdam (@Feyenoord) February 10, 2025
Feyenoord completed nineteenth within the new 36-team Champions League desk, sealing their place within the knockout phases of the competitors with a 3-0 win over Bayern Munich of their penultimate league fixture.
Nonetheless, they had been thrashed 6-1 by Lille of their closing sport of the primary section, dropping eight locations to arrange a conflict with Sergio Conceicao’s Milan on Wednesday.
It will likely be simply the third assembly between the 2 sides in European competitors, with the pair successful one match every throughout their two-legged European Cup spherical of final 16 conflict in the course of the 1969-70 season.
Feyenoord have misplaced simply one among their 11 dwelling video games in main European competitors in opposition to sides from Italy (W6 D4), a 1-2 defeat in opposition to Roma in February 2015 within the Europa League.
The Eredivisie outfit are anticipated to announce who will probably be positioned in interim cost for the tie at Stadion Feijenoord shortly.