Coach Mowbray, who called Baek Seung-ho to England, was fired three months after returning to the cancer battle

Coach Mowbray, who called Baek Seung-ho to England, was fired three months after returning to the cancer battle

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Coach Tony Mowbray, who led Baek Seung-ho to Birmingham City, returned to the soccer world after fighting cancer, but failed to show his ability.
West Bromwich Albion announced on its official website on Tuesday (Korea time) that it has parted ways with Mowbray. Head coach Mark Venus has also left the club. "We are grateful for Mowbray's efforts, but we have decided to replace him due to a series of poor performances."
Mowbray has been playing in the U.K. for a long time. He has played for leading English clubs including Middlesbrough, Coventry City, Blackburn Rovers, Sunderland and Birmingham City, and also experienced Scottish teams such as Hibernian and Celtic. During the course of time, he met with a number of Korean players, who coached Kim Doo-hyun at West Bromwich and Ki Sung-yueng at Celtic.
It was also Mowbray who led Paik to Birmingham. While leading Sunderland last season, Mowbray expressed strong interest in Paik, and even after moving to Birmingham, he sent a love call to Paik to secure the transfer. "He plays in the front and is strong in shooting from a medium-range distance. He also has strong physical stamina by running all day long. I have waited for him to come here."
However, his relationship with Baek did not last long. Mowbray left the team in less than a month due to a battle with rectal cancer. He also planned to return to the pre-season, but his performance was not as good as expected, so he completely left Birmingham ahead of this season. "As you all know, I left the team early this year because I had to undergo unexpected surgery, and now I am recovering," Mowbray said at the time. "Now I want to leave the team as a fan. I just hope everyone in the team will have a solid success in the future."
Mowbray returned to West Bromwich in January after recovering his health. It was to fill the vacancy where Carlos Corberan left for Valencia in Spain's La Liga. For Mowbray, it was his first return in 16 years since leaving the team in 2009. 바카라사이트
At the time, West Bromwich were seventh in the league and were aiming for the promotion play-off, but it had been on the decline since Mowbray took office. Mowbray had a poor record of five wins, five draws and eight losses in 18 matches he played in West Bromwich. The ranking also fell to 10th place, and with two games to go, the sixth-place Coventry City was six points apart, effectively frustrating their entry into the promotion play-off. In the end, West Bromwich and Mowbray failed to reunite, and Mowbray had to leave the team after three months.