According to a statement on the club's official website, Pirates have suspended Leal as they "embark on a fact finding investigation".
The club is looking for "reasons why during performance evaluation sessions, the coach expressed that 'he could not see his way forward” and offered the chairman “to do what is right for the club'.
"Augusto Palacios, technical director of development will assume the role of head coach. The rest of the technical team stays the same," the terse statement concludes.
The news is not good for Bucs ahead of their Soweto Derby meeting with Kaizer Chiefs on the weekend.




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2nd Star FC always in the news for all the wrong reasons.
It's not like he was fired , he said it himself "he could not see his way forward”
Julia Lilian has been suspended for saying " he could not see his way forward"
Hahahahahahahahahahhahaahah.......what rubbush is that.
I for one never had faith in Julio Leal's tactics since day one.
What made Leal to say he doesn't see a way forward & the Chairman must do what right for the club?Probably what was said to him & this is just a scapegoat.
People in charge are always afraid to come out & say i/we have erred because they are protecting their integrity & that include Irvine Khoza.