Legendary Turkish coach said goodbye to his position at the club after just six months

Coach Fatih Terim is an iconic name in Turkish football, and although he is known for his work with the local national team and Galatasaray, which he has joined four times, he has hardly ever worked abroad. The 70-year-old set out to change that this past December.

Terim took over Greek Panathinaikos at that time, but he didn't even make it to the end of the season. Today, the Athens club announced on its website about the termination of cooperation with the specialist, but the reasons for this decision are not reported.

Apparently, the last straw for Panathinaikos bosses was a 4-1 defeat to PAOK in the 9th round play-off match. The team slipped to fourth place due to this defeat, which was the third in a row, and are in danger of missing the European Cup. Terim's successor is 49-year-old Christos Konti.

For the 70-year-old specialist, the job at Panathinaikos was his first in 23 years outside Turkey. Terim's last foreign club was Milan from July to November 2001.