[Sport] Leeds set to sack Javi Gracia and in talks with Sam Allardyce

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Leeds United are set to sack manager Javi Gracia and are in talks to appoint former England boss Sam Allardyce.

Director of football Victor Orta has left by mutual consent.

Leeds are 17th in the Premier League, above the relegation zone only on goal difference, with four games left this season

Gracia, appointed in February as Jesse Marsch's successor, has won only three of 11 league games in charge.

Leeds have lost four of their past five matches and face leaders Manchester City on Saturday.

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Spaniard Gracia joined Leeds on a "flexible contract", but the board is considering bringing in former Bolton, West Ham and Everton manager Allardyce.

The 68-year-old has been out of work since the end of the 2020-21 season when his West Brom side were relegated from the Premier League, the first top-flight relegation of his career.

Allardyce worked with Leeds chief executive Angus Kinnear at West Ham and would become the fourth Leeds manager this season, with Michael Skubala acting as interim head coach before Gracia's appointment.

Gracia will be the record-extending 15th managerial departure in the Premier League this season.

Leeds face arguably the toughest end to the season of the clubs battling relegation, with City and Newcastle up next before a visit to West Ham and then Tottenham at Elland Road to end the campaign.

They conceded 23 goals in April - a Premier League record for a single month and the most by any top-flight side since Birmingham also let in 23 in April 1965.

After Sunday's 4-1 defeat by Bournemouth, the Leeds United Supporters Advisory Board issued a statement of no confidence in the club's management.

link: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65453934