Marcelino García Toral longer Villarreal coach

Marcelino García Toral , coach of Villarreal , Castellon stop train set, as confirmed by the club through an official statement on its official Twitter account in which no information on the reasons for his departure .

Villarreal signed the Asturian coach in 2013 and, since then, successfully led a team that last season he qualified in fourth place to dispute the League of Champions.

"Marcelino García Toral is no longer the coach of Villarreal CF. The club wishes to thank the coach, the coach, Ruben Uría and trainer, Ismael Fernandez, his work in these three seasons and a half in front of the yellow bench" Castellon club said in that statement.

"Everyone has it achieved great success as a return to the First Division, European classifications League semifinal Europa League and Copa del Rey and fourth last season to contest the playoff Champions League , " he added.

He also said that will be released substitute Marcelino García Toral in an "interim or final" "in the coming hours".

The Spaniard coach renewed his contract with Villarreal on 24 November 2015 and immediately arranged to stay in the "Yellow Submarine" until 2019. If he had fulfilled that covenant, have trained seven years in the entity headed by Fernando Roig.

On that date, at a news conference, Marcelino García Toral said it was harder to find a "better" club Villarreal to work and added that the day to day castellonense box was very "nice" so he enjoyed your profession".

The reasons for his departure are unknown and its output matches the defeat against Deportivo in the Teresa Herrera trophy 2-0 and the serious injury of one of its stars, Roberto Soldado , who will be sidelined for six months with a broken cruciate ligament and meniscus in his right knee.

Now, Villarreal will have to urgently find a coach to lead a key tie against Monaco in the previous Champions League. On Wednesday August 17 ​​will face in the El Madrigal Stadium to the whole principality in the first leg and the 23th will play the second leg.

The former Villarreal coach and has a long history in First Division teams: directed at Recreativo de Huelva in 2006/07, at Racing Santander in 2007/08, to Zaragoza in the 2009/2010 (won promotion of club maño the previous season), Racing in a second stage in the 2010/2011 and Sevilla in 2011/2012.

In total, 242 meetings Marcelino addressed in the First Division with a score of 99 wins, 63 draws and 88 defeats in which he scored 311 goals and conceded 287.