Scott Parker ‘on brink of SACK’ after Club Brugge’s humiliating Champions League exit with new manager already lined up
SCOTT PARKER is reportedly on the verge of being sacked after Club Brugge were knocked out of the Champions League in humiliating fashion.
The Englishman, 42, only took over at the Belgian giants in December last year.
However, his bid to get his managerial career back on track has not gone to plan so far.
Parker has taken charge of 12 games, winning just two and drawing six but his short stint hit a new low on Tuesday.
Club Brugge were hammered 5-1 at Benfica to result in a 7-1 aggregate thrashing in the Champions League last-16.
It was Brugge’s biggest margin of defeat (1-7) on aggregate ever in European knockout football (excluding qualifiers) while it was the first time that they had conceded five or more away from home in the Champions League since a 6-1 defeat to Monaco in November 1988.
Now Belgian news outlet Nieuwsblad are claiming that Alfred Schreuder, who left last season to join Ajax but was sacked by the Dutch side in January, is ready to replace him.
Supporters had little sympathy for their boss, who recently saw star winger Noa Lang launch an X-rated rant at his teammates in the players’ tunnel after a frustrating draw.
One wrote: “Scott Parker getting sacked tomorrow.”
Another tweeted: “Scott Parker must be sacked by Club Brugge.”
A fellow fan commented: “Scott Parker is going in the morning.”
Another asked: “When do they put Parker on the ferry to his island, tonight or tomorrow morning?”
While another added: “Scott Parker should just stick to modelling cardigans for M&S clothing cus management ain’t for him.”
Club Brugge find themselves fourth in the Belgian top flight after 28 games.
Parker’s men trail league leaders Genk by a whopping 20 points.
He led Bournemouth to Premier League promotion last season.
However, despite that success, he was sacked by the Cherries just four games into the top-flight campaign after a 9-0 hammering at Liverpool.
His first job in management was at Fulham in 2019 and he led them to Premier League promotion in 2020 via the play-offs.
He quit Craven Cottage a year later for Bournemouth, and he guided them to automatic promotion during his first season at the helm.
Parker represented Charlton, Chelsea, Newcastle, West Ham, Tottenham and Fulham during his playing days.