Cocu replaces Rutten at PSV

PSV have sacked Fred Rutten as coach and hired Phillip Cocu as his replacement until the end of the season, the Eredivisie club announced.

Rutten was sacked after overseeing a run of three successive defeats at the Eindhoven club, including a 3-1 reverse at NAC Breda on Sunday.

Rutten’s assistant, Erik ten Hag, stood down after the news was announced on Monday.

Cocu, who had been a part of Rutten’s coaching staff, has been appointed coach on an interim basis and will work alongside former team-mate Ernest Faber.

PSV have slipped to fourth in the Eredivisie, four points behind leaders AZ Alkmaar.