Sky Bet Championship side Middlesbrough have sacked manager Tony Pulis. The 61-year-old has been sacked after failing to achieve a play-off spot.<\/p>\n
Boro’ finished a point outside the play-off spots, picking up 13 points against teams in the top six.\u00a0However, a run of five wins from their concluding six was not enough to warrant a spot in the play-offs.<\/p>\n
Pulis was handed the responsibility of guiding Boro back to the Premier League after replacing Garry Monk last term.<\/p>\n
Speaking after a final day win at Rotherham, Pulis said<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m hoping Steve is going to buy me a nice bottle of red wine and then we can sit down and have a chat about things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll speak to Steve. I don\u2019t think I should be saying anything without speaking to him first. That\u2019s the respect I\u2019ve got for the fella.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not saying anything until I\u2019ve spoken to Steve. The most important thing, and I think he knows it, is that I\u2019ve given it everything I\u2019ve got. \u201cLet\u2019s talk about it, and see how things go. I\u2019m not really putting a timescale on things, I\u2019ll wait for Steve to give me a ring.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a wonderful man. I\u2019ve got great respect for him, and a great relationship with him.\u201d<\/p>\n Boro conceded the joint-fewest amount of goals (41), shared with automatically promoted Sheffield United; however, Pulis was criticised for an overly defensive side having scored just 49 goals in 46 games.<\/p>\n A club statement said<\/a>: “Middlesbrough FC can confirm that the contract of manager Tony Pulis will not be extended.\u201d<\/p>\n