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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Ewan Paton

Sacking throws Greg Taylor post-Celtic transfer into doubt

Greg Taylor's proposed post-Celtic transfer to Dinamo Zagreb appears to be up in the air. 

The Croatian giants have sacked their manager, Fabio Cannavaro. 

The Italy World Cup winning legend has been dismissed with the club currently sitting third in Croatia's top flight.

Taylor has been heavily linked with a move to Dinamo when his contract expires at Celtic Park at the end of the season.

A club statement reads: "Fabio Cannavaro is no longer the coach of the Dinamo first team as of this Wednesday.

"He was on the bench of the Maksimir club for a little over three months and led the team in 14 competitive and three friendly matches.

"The former celebrated Italian national team player, winner of the Ballon d'Or, took over the coaching role at Dinamo on December 29th of last year, replacing Nenad Bjelica.

"In ten league matches, he recorded five wins, two draws and three losses, with Dinamo remaining in third place in the league table, while in the cup competition, in extremely difficult conditions and on a soggy pitch at Maksimir, they were stopped in the quarter-finals, where Osijek won 1-0.

"The great 2-1 victory against AC Milan increased Dinamo's performance in the Champions League to a record 11 points, and only an incredible combination of circumstances and the outcome of other matches left the Blues below the line on the way to the knockout stage.

"We would like to thank coach Cannavaro from the bottom of our hearts for his great effort, commitment and friendliness and wish him all the best in his future sporting and life journey.

"The team will be temporarily taken over by the current assistant coach, Sandro Perkovic, for the rest of the season."

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