Morecambe boss Jim Bentley has spoken out about Aussie Harry Kewell’s sacking from League Two club Notts County, suggesting his axing was ‘madness.’

Kewell was relieved of his duties after just 14 games with the Magpies, who had already gotten rid of predecessor Kevin Nolan earlier in the season.

Speaking ahead of his team’s match against the Aussie’s former club, Bentley said he wasn’t surprised by the move, but called it out as bizarre.

Jim Bentley, Manager of Morecambe Source: Getty Images

“It doesn’t surprise me in football,” Bentley told The Visitor.

“I’ve said it all along, every club at every level, things throw themselves up, and you’re just like, it is what it is.

“That (Kewell’s appointment) was their long term strategy, and having met Harry Kewell last year when we played them at Crawley, he sets his teams up right, good footballing sides, (he’s) obviously very knowledgeable of the game.

“Sometimes the big name players go straight in at the top but he’s learning his trade at the lower end.

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“He’s done well with Crawley and you’re thinking ‘fair play, it’s a good appointment’.

“I know Kevin Nolan very well anyway, personally, being from the same neck of the woods, and I think he did well for them, but he paid the price for a poor start this season and the chairman having ambitions of going one better than they did last season.

“But Harry Kewell looked like a good fit for them but for whatever reason, 12 games? 14 games? It’s just bizarre football, the way it is.

“I said in an interview in the week that management, it’s just mad how someone can be given 12-14 games and not even a window, he hasn’t had a window to bring any players in, so, what do you make of that?

Harry Kewell’s sacking was ‘madness’ according to Jim Bentley Source: Getty Images

“It’s just madness but to have two managerial positions in one club in what? 18, 19 games? It’s unbelievable.

“Obviously now they have got someone in on a caretaker basis and they’re looking for their third manager.”

County sit 23rd in League Two after 19 matches, with just two wins to their name.

Neal Ardley has since taken over as manager, while Kewell is yet to find a new position.