Sandro Di Michele leaves Swindon Town as technical director

The news of the technical director’s departure comes a day after Jody Morris and Ed Brand left the County Ground as head coach and assistant head coach, respectively.

Di Michele was appointed in June of last year and tasked with helping to form a squad which was capable of fighting for promotion during what turned out to be his sole season in Wiltshire.

His previous experience included a number of consultancy roles at National League and EFL clubs, including a spell as part of Wigan Athletic’s recruitment staff when the Latics landed the League One title.

But that success could not be repeated in Wiltshire, with Swindon set to finish the season anywhere between 10th and 15th in League Two, depending on the result in the Robins’ final game next Monday – a home fixture against Scott Lindsey’s Crawley Town.

In a brief statement from the club announcing Di Michele’s exit, it said on Tuesday: “Swindon Town can confirm Sandro Di Michele has left his role as Technical Director at the football club.

“We would like to place on record our thanks to Sandro for his hard work and contribution during his time with us, and wish him well in his future endeavours.”

A large majority of fans have been critical of the club’s transfer policy for many months now and had pinpointed Di Michele as the root cause of the problem.

The former technical director helped to bring the average age of Swindon’s contracted players down from 24.1 years old to 22.9 as Town implemented their plan to bring in more young, promising assets to help fund the club’s future.

Experienced players such as Ben Gladwin, Louis Reed, and Angus MacDonald were all sold this season after the likes of Jacob Wakeling, Remeao Hutton, and Tom Clayton had been brought in.

There was no mention of any potential replacement or where the club might go next in terms of its football hierarchy, having previously operated with a director of football and head coach model.