"I am a coach without oxygen and now is the time to step aside." With those words Osvaldo Ardiles quit his post as Racing Club coach just days after the Argentine club had been eliminated from the Copa Libertadores.
The former Tottenham Hotspur and Swindon Town boss, who was greeted by sections of Racing's fanatical support with the placards reading 'go home, English bastard!' will next week return 'home' to England where his family still lives after a typically oscillating nine months with the Avellaneda-based club.