Liverpool loanee Lewis Koumas can have one other change of supervisor to cope with, now Stoke boss Steven Schumacher has been sacked.
After Jurgen Klopp‘s departure, Liverpool put a present of religion in Koumas as they supplied him a long-term deal over the summer season.
In August, with Arne Slot now in place, Koumas signed a brand new contract and moved to Stoke on mortgage for the season.
It didn’t take lengthy for the Reds’ 18-year-old ahead to make an impression within the Championship, scoring on his first begin for the membership below Schumacher.
Three days later, Koumas adopted that up with one other aim and help in a 5-0 win over Middlesbrough within the League Cup, after which Stoke followers eulogised about him.
Within the league, nonetheless, Stoke have been much less profitable, successful two and shedding three of their opening 5 matches.
This has led to Schumacher being faraway from his publish at Stoke, with sporting director Jon Walters already saying they “hope to announce a brand new appointment shortly.”
In a press release, the membership additionally declared that Mark Hughes, Chris Cohen, Peter Cavanagh and Elliot Turner are leaving Stoke, so Alex Morris and Ryan Shawcross will take caretaker cost of the workforce.
Walters added: “We now have a younger, dynamic squad that’s desirous to develop and a transparent imaginative and prescient of how one can obtain success, and we hope to announce a brand new appointment shortly.
“We’ll want the followers, employees, and gamers united in help to realize our targets.”
On a person stage, Koumas and Liverpool will hope the change in supervisor doesn’t have an effect on the attacker’s enjoying time.
The Wirralian lately began his first recreation for Wales as Craig Bellamy’s workforce beat Montenegro 2-1 within the UEFA Nations League, a recreation by which Koumas performed off the left.
At nationwide workforce stage, he hasn’t precisely had a easy introduction both, with earlier boss Rob Web page, who gave Koumas his debut, being dismissed in June.
This weekend, Koumas needed to accept a spot on the bench for Stoke’s 1-0 defeat to Oxford United, so he will likely be hoping to start out their subsequent match, a League Cup tie in opposition to Fleetwood on Tuesday.
