Leyton Orient boss Danny Webb has resigned after only two months in charge of League Two’s bottom club.
Webb, 33, won only two of his 12 games in charge and the O’s are now seven points adrift of safety with seven matches to play.
The club staved off a winding-up petition[1] earlier this month, with owner Francesco Becchetti given until 12 June to pay off debts or sell the club.
Webb’s assistant Omer Riza has been put in charge until the end of the season.
Riza becomes the 11th person to take manage the team since Russell Slade’s departure in September 2014.
The club said in a statement[2] that 37-year-old Riza was “very determined to make sure that the team finishes the season strong”.
Webb’s final game was a 3-0 defeat by Crawley on Saturday.
He said after the match that he was putting plans in place for next season, but had received “no assurances” about his own future.
The former Southend and AFC Wimbledon defender told BBC Radio London: “The way I’m trying to do things will make us come back 10 times stronger than we’ve ever been, and that’s a guarantee.
“But I need a bit of backup on it, I need a little bit of strength behind me. I don’t want to be the only one saying it all the time.”
References
- ^ a winding-up petition (www.bbc.co.uk)
- ^ said in a statement (www.leytonorient.com)
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