In 2015, Ruben Selles worked for Strømsgodtet as head of data analysis, in 2022/23 he got to test himself as a coach of Southampton, which was a brief guest appearance. Then it was to Reading in 2023, but brought to Hull City in December 2024. Here was the battle for survival in the Championship. Selles managed this by the smallest margin, on Thursday he was rewarded with the sack.

Hull City saved their place in the second division on goal difference in the last round. You can’t get any closer to relegation. For the Hull management, this was in the tightest team. On Thursday, the club announced that Ruben Selles has been fired with immediate effect.

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“After a thorough review of the club’s football activities after a challenging season, the club believes that a change of leadership is necessary to bring the team forward in line with our ambitions,” the club writes on its website.

That’s football.

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