Former Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Mick McCarthy has said that he feels sorry for Kenny Jackett after he was dismissed by the club's new Chinese owners at the weekend.
Fosun International called time on Jackett's three-year stint in charge of the Midlands side late on Friday, replacing him with the relatively-unknown Italian Walter Zenga hours just later.
McCarthy, who managed Wolves for six years until his dismissal in 2012, said that Jackett's sacking was inevitable following the takeover.
"The sad thing for Kenny is that it was an open secret, what was going to happen, because of the takeover. I feel sorry for him," McCarthy, now manager at Ipswich Town, told talkSPORT.
"I hope it's all being done properly and he's been taken care of, which is what he deserves because he's done well at Wolves.
"I didn't know who was going to get the job, I thought Steve Bruce would have been perfect but then, out of the blue, Walter Zenga gets it. I don't know anything about him, at all, but I know he's a very good goalkeeper."
During his tenure at Wolves, Jackett guided the side to the League One title with a division-record points total in his first season in charge, then took them to within a whisker of the Championship playoff places the following year.
