Huddersfield Town manager, David Wagner, has quit his job by mutual consent after poor results.

The Terriers have gone nine games without a win, including eight straight defeats, that left the club bottom of the Premier League.

Huddersfield said the decision had been reached by mutual consent after the German-American held discussions with the board.

“I know the term ‘mutual consent’ is often a byword for the manager being sacked in professional football but this is a truly joint decision,” the chairman, Dean Hoyle, said. 

“David has a real, genuine love for this club and, like me, his foremost concern in our talks has been to establish what is best for Huddersfield Town.”

Wagner took Huddersfield into the Premier League and kept them up against the odds last season but the team have collected only 11 points from 22 games this season, with a lack of goals particularly problematic.

“I had no intention of sacking David this season,” Hoyle said.

“Subsequently David – being the great man he is – came to us and made it clear that he needs a break from the rigours of football management.

“We discussed making that change immediately but he also made it clear that he would give his all for the rest of this season before departing in the summer if we preferred. After a long discussion, we all felt that David staying at the club until the end of the season was best but we’ve kept discussions open and we all now feel that the time is right to part ways.”