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- Updated: December 15, 2016
Danny Mills has questioned Birmingham’s decision to replace Gary Rowett with Gianfranco Zola and says the former Blues boss did not deserve the sack.
Birmingham surprisingly announced that they had parted company with Rowett early on Wednesday afternoon, with the Sky Bet Championship side sitting just outside of the play-off places on goal difference and three points behind Reading in third place.
Sky Sports News HQ revealed just hours later that Zola was in Birmingham to finalise a deal to take over at the club before confirmation of his appointment on Wednesday evening.
It is understood that there were issues between Rowett and the club’s new Chinese owners but Mills told Premier League Daily that the 42-year-old did not deserve to lose his job after rescuing Birmingham from a relegation battle and guiding them up the table after his appointment in 2014.
Asked what the sacking says to young British managers, Mills said: “I think it says ‘who’d want to be a manager?’. A point off the play-offs, from where they were, he has done a fantastic job. …
