Luca Gotti has been sacked as coach by Udinese.

Gotti has been dismissed by Udinese, which have promoted his assistant manager Gabriele Cioffi in his place.

Cioffi will remain in charge as caretaker until Udinese find a permanent replacement.

Ex-Granada boss Paco Jemez and former Cagliari coach Rolando Maran are early candidates for the post.

Gotti's contract with Udinese runs to June 2022.