Sunderland sold by Ellis Short as Chris Coleman is sacked

• Sunderland sack manager Chris Coleman after relegation
• Club sold to group led by Stewart Donald, chairman of Eastleigh

Sunderland lost a manager but gained new owners on Sunday when Ellis Short sacked Chris Coleman before announcing he had cleared the struggling club’s debts and sold it to an international consortium headed by the chairman of non-league Eastleigh.

While Coleman paid the price for failing to prevent Sunderland from falling into League One, the outgoing Short wrote off tens of millions of pounds in liabilities, thereby facilitating the takeover spearheaded by Stewart Donald.

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