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Chris Sutton reacts to Paul Heckingbottom exit from Leeds

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Paul Heckingbottom is no longer the Leeds United head coach.

FC Barcelona's Brazilian Ronaldinho (R) vies with Celtic's Alan Thompson (L) and Chris Sutton (C) during their Champions League football match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, 24...

Chris Sutton has taken to social networking site Twitter to give his reaction to the departure of Paul Heckingbottom from Leeds United.

Leeds have parted company with Heckingbottom after just four months in charge.

Heckingbottom was appointed as the head coach of the West Yorkshire outfit in February following the departure of Thomas Christiansen from Elland Road.

According to The Guardian, the Whites had to pay Yorkshire rivals Barnsley Heckingbottom’s release clause of £500,000 in order to secure his services.

Leeds Manager Paul Heckingbottom looks on prior to the Sky Bet Championship match between Aston Villa and Leeds United at Villa Park on April 13, 2018 in Birmingham, England.

The West Yorkshire outfit were still in the running for the playoffs when the 40-year-old was appointed, but they won just four of the 16 games he was in charge of and ended the campaign badly.

Former Chelsea and Celtic striker Chris Sutton has taken to Twitter to give his reaction to Leeds’s decision to part company with Heckingbottom.

Sutton, who now works as a pundit for BBC Sport and BT Sport, has strongly criticised the Leeds’s hierarchy for their decision to part company with Heckingbottom.

Paul Heckingbottom Leeds manager gestures during the Sky Bet Championship match between Derby County and Leeds United at iPro Stadium on February 21, 2018 in Derby, England.