Jimmy Calderwood has confirmed he will not be in charge at Kilmarnock next season.
Calderwood, who kept Killie in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League after being appointed on a short-term contract in January, claims he decided not to stay on after being told there would be further budget cuts and that he would have to axe one of his coaches.
Calderwood said in the Daily Record: "In the end, it was an easy decision to reach because I couldn't fulfil my ambitions under these financial limitations or meet the fans' expectations."
He added: "It was always going to be a tall order to progress but I had considered staying on because the players are a great bunch and the support is so positive.
"The next gaffer will find out for himself how difficult the task will be.
"We had done a lot of work identifying new players, both in England and Holland, who would definitely improve the quality of the team.
"We were well down that road and they wouldn't have cost anything in transfers. Their wages were reasonable but, even so, they were still outwith the scale that Killie could afford.
"The chairman wanted to axe one of my staff to save money. That was never going to happen because Jimmy Nicholl, Sandy Clark and me are a team."
Source: PA
