Alavés dismisses Javi Calleja

Javi Calleja will officially stop being Deportivo Alavés coach soon after the club and the manager have agreed to terminate their contract that linked him to the Vitoria entity until 2023, according to the Efe agency and various media. The club, for its part, has denied to ETB that Calleja has been removed from his post.

Although it has not yet been announced by the Basque team, as confirmed by the environment of the Madrid coach to Efe, Javi Calleja will not continue to lead the Albiazul bench and The publication of his dismissal has been agreed for next January 1.

The coach arrived last April to replace Abelardo Fernández and achieved the reaction of the babazorro team that was able to achieve permanence in the First Division.

That success led him to renew his contract with Glorioso for two more seasons, until 2023, but the coach has run out of credit after closing the year in relegation positions with 15 points in 18 games.

The third most thrashed team

The latest results in which he has only achieved one point out of 15 possible and the elimination of the Copa del Rey against Linares Deportivo They have precipitated the departure of the coach, who has not managed to find the key to achieve the continuity of a squad capable of drawing at the Camp Nou and at Sánchez Pizjuán, but who has not finished offering good feelings in the last month of competition .

To date, the Basque team is the third most thrashed team with 29 goals conceded, only surpassed by Cádiz and Levante and is the second with the fewest goals, 15, three more than Getafe.

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