Former Birmingham City, Newcastle United and Brighton boss sacked from job

Former Birmingham City manager Chris Hughton has been relieved of his duties as Ghana boss.

The Black Stars did not progress to the knock-out stages of the Africa Cup of Nations and as a result, Hughton has lost his job. Despite boasting a squad that has the likes of West Ham's Mohammed Kudus, Crystal Palace's Jordan Ayew and Bournemouth star Antoine Semenyo, they failed to win a match.

Ghana drew with Egypt and Mozambique and lost 2-1 to Cape Verde in their opener. They had a small amount of hope of progressing as one of the best third-placed ranked teams but results went against them and now they exit the competition at a stage not many would have predicted they'd be departing at.

"Chris Hughton has been relieved of his duties with immediate effect," a Ghana Football Association (GFA) statement said.

"The executive council has also taken a decision to dissolve the technical team of the Black Stars.

"The GFA will in the coming days provide a roadmap on the future direction of the Black Stars."

Hughton had been in the manger's post for 11 months and had a win percentage of 30.77% from the four wins, four draws and five defeats he saw in 13 games. He had been working as a technical advisor to Ghana for nearly two years and now it will be interesting to see where the 65-year-old ends up next.

Hughton has worked as a coach for 27-years and first became a manager with Newcastle United in 2009. He led the Magpies to the Championship title but was relieved of his duties just a few months in to the Premier League season.

He would later manage Birmingham City in their first European campaign in 50 years and led them to the Championship play-offs, where they lost in the semi-finals to Blackpool. Hughton also managed Norwich City and then Brighton & Hove Albion, and with the latter he guided them to promotion in 2017, and the Seagulls have stayed in the top-flight since.