Cuper parts company with struggling Racing

Published: 29 Nov 2011 - 20:47:07

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Cuper parts company with struggling Racing

Spanish top-flight strugglers Racing Santander have parted company with coach Hector Cuper by mutual agreement, it was announced on Tuesday.

A statement on the club's website read: "Real Racing Club and coach Hector Cuper...have agreed to end their working relationship. This mutual decision was taken during a meeting...in which the coach and the board discussed the team's current problems and agreed that the best solution would be for both parties to separate."

Argentine Cuper, 56, moved to Racing in the summer, signing a one-year deal, but departs after Sunday's 2-1 defeat at Mallorca left them bottom of La Liga with just one win all season.

Cuper is best known for taking Valencia to the Champions League final in successive seasons in 2000 and 2001, and has also coached Mallorca, Inter Milan, Betis, Parma, the Georgian national team and Greek club Aris Salonika.

He is currently under investigation by prosecutors in Naples over his suspected involvement in a match-fixing ring, which he has denied.

Racing are in serious financial difficulty and their board resigned en masse last month, with the exception of estranged majority shareholder Ahsan Ali Syed.