Manager sacked after losing power struggle with Cristiano Ronaldo set to be fired again just nine months into new job
pstrongFERNANDO SANTOS is reportedly set to be sacked by Poland./strong/p
pThat’s just nine months after he was axed by Portugal following a power struggle with a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/cristiano-ronaldo/Cristiano Ronaldo./a/p
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pSantos, 68, led the Portuguese to Euro 2016 and Nations League 2019 glory during an epic 109-game reign./p
pHowever, the wheels fell off during last year’s winter World Cup in Qatar./p
pIt began when Portugal lost their final group game to South Korea, with a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/20638646/cristiano-ronaldo-portugal-fernando-santos-south-korea-world-cup/Ronaldo appearing to SWEAR at Santos/a while being subbed off./p
pThe Al-Nassr striker, who had only just left Manchester United in stunning fashion, was then a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/20704519/cristiano-ronaldo-portugal-world-cup-axe-fernando-santos/left out of Portugal’s 6-1 thrashing of Switzerland/a in the last-16./p
pa href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/20716620/santos-defends-ronaldo-bench-portugal-defeat-morocco-world-cup/Santos also kept Ronaldo out/a of the quarter-final clash against Morocco./p
pBut his decision backfired as Portugal were dumped out of the competition./p
pAnd a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/20776926/cristiano-ronaldo-snubs-fernando-santos-portugal-sacking/FA chiefs decided to support Ronaldo/a in the power struggle, with Santos swiftly being shown the door after an eight-year spell./p
pThe veteran tactician was not out of work for long though./p
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pPoland came calling at the start of the year after sacking Czeslaw Michniewicz following their World Cup last-16 exit to France./p
pHowever, things have not gone to plan for Santos./p
pHe has tasted defeat in three of his five Euro qualifiers./p
pAnd Polish outlet a href=https://sport.tvp.pl/72645815/fernando-santos-odejdzie-ale-nie-jest-jedynym-problemem target=_blank aria-label=TVP Sport (opens in a new tab) rel=noreferrer noopenerTVP Sport/a claims Santos’ brief spell is now set to end following last night’s 2-0 defeat in Albania./p
pThe result leaves the Poles second-bottom of Group E and four points from top./p
pQualification hopes are fading fast, with a decision on Santos’ future said to have already been made./p
pBut FA chiefs are determined to make sure the matter is “resolved in a classy manner”, indicating a replacement for Santos may already have been found./p