Hull City have parted company with manager Leonid Slutsky by mutual consent, the Championship club have announced.
Slutsky, 46, who replaced Marco Silva at the KCom Stadium in June, has won only four of his 19 league games in charge.
Saturday’s draw at Sheffield Wednesday left the Tigers, relegated from the Premier League last season, 20th in the table, three points above the bottom three. The club’s head of strategy, Oleg Yarovinsky, who only arrived on Humberside in October, has departed too.
Slutsky said: “I would like to really thank everyone associated with Hull City from the players and staff to the owner and especially the fans.
“I am very proud to have been through this experience, it was challenging but a very exciting time for me.
“Hull City will always be a part of my heart and I wish the team all the very best for the future.”
“Leonid has worked tirelessly in his role and has acted with complete honour and been a pleasure to work with,” said Hull vice-chairman Ehab Allam.
"Unfortunately results have not improved as both parties would have hoped and therefore it was agreed for the relationship to come to an end. I would like to thank Leonid and Oleg for their efforts here and sincerely wish them well for the future.”
Slutsky won three Russian Premier League titles as CSKA Moscow manager, resigning from that role in 2016. He took charge of the Russian national team for just under a year, after Fabio Capello left in 2015, overseeing their qualification for Euro 2016, where they were knocked out at the group stage.
Slutsky’s playing career was cut short aged just 19 because of a knee injury, suffered when he fell out of a tree while trying to rescue a neighbour’s cat.
