Boro have confirmed that Pulis has left following the Teesside club’s failure to finish in the Championship playoffs.
Middlesbrough have announced that Tony Pulis has left the Teesside club following their failure to gain promotion from the Championship.
The 61-year-old met with chairman Steve Gibson in the aftermath of the season (BBC Sport), in which the club finished a point adrift of the playoff places.
Pulis, who took the Boro reins in December 2017 as Garry Monk’s replacement, led the team to the playoff semi-finals last season but they could not get the better of Aston Villa.
The news has been warmly received by a sizeable number of fans, many of whom were tired of the Welshman’s pragmatic and conservative tactics, deemed “Pulisball”.
According to The Guardian, Boro do not expect to make an imminent announcement about a replacement but coach Jonathan Woodgate is thought to be under serious consideration.
The newspaper also claims that Steve Gibson is expected to consider alternative options including Chris Hughton, recently sacked by Brighton & Hove Albion.
Just a day earlier, former Boro boss Aitor Karanka refused to rule out going back to the club in the future but would not elaborate so long as Pulis was in the dugout (Sky Sports).
Needless to say, some of the club’s fans on Twitter seem eager for the Spaniard to have another go in the Riverside dugout:
However, some fans were against the prospect of Karanka coming back:
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