Getafe, winless in eight games and bottom of La Liga, on Monday sacked Michel as coach, the club announced.

The Madrid club bagged their first point of the season thanks to a 1-1 draw at home to Real Sociedad on Sunday, but it was not enough to save Jose Miguel Gonzalez Martin del Campo, known as “Michel”.

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Michel, 58, took over at Getafe in the off-season from Jose Bordalas, who headed to Valencia.