Scott Parker SACKED by Club Brugge as disastrous 67-day spell ends in Champions League humiliation

SCOTT PARKER has been SACKED by Club Brugge following the club's exit from the Champions League.

He is believed to have left the club less than three months after he was appointed to the role on December 31 last year.

Parker was in the dugout last night as the Belgian side were dumped out of the Champions League by Benfica 7-1 on aggregate.

It was Brugge’s biggest margin of defeat (1-7) on aggregate ever in European knockout football (excluding qualifiers) while it was the first time that they had conceded five or more away from home in the Champions League since a 6-1 defeat to Monaco in November 1988.

And that it was the final straw leading to his sacking as confirmed by the club.

A statement read: "Club Brugge parted ways with Scott Parker earlier today.

"Parker (42) was appointed as Club Brugge's new head coach on December 31, replacing Carl Hoefkens.

"Before coming to Jan Breydel, the former England international was at the helm of teams like Fulham and Bournemouth. Parker won two of his 12 games for Club."

Parker will have left the club still in fourth place in the Belgian Pro League, but they are now 21 points behind leaders Genk.

He only won two of the 12 games that he took charge of, drawing six and losing four.

Belgian news outlet Nieuwsblad are claiming that Alfred Schreuder, who left last season to join Ajax but was sacked by the Dutch side in January, is ready to replace him.

Club Brugge was Parker's second team this season after he started at Premier League side Bournemouth.

The Englishman managed to get them promoted from the Championship but was sacked by the club after they were hammered 9-0 by Liverpool in August.

His first job in management was at Fulham in 2019 and he led them to Premier League promotion in 2020 via the play-offs.