Club spokesman Fekry Ibrahim has confirmed that the Irishman, who joined in August 2010, will leave the club with immediate effect following a poor run of results

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Former Leeds United and Aston Villa manager David O'Leary has been sacked by Al-Ahli with immediate effect.The Irishman joined the Dubai-based club in August 2010 in an attempt to boost their reputation, and also signed Italian World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro, but recent results had turned the fans against him.Club spokesman Fekry Ibrahim told the media: "We have decided to sack David O'Leary and his assistant Roy Aitken and now Ahmed Al Mistaki will take over as coach until the season finishes, after that we will decide on how to take things forward."It wasn't going too well with O'Leary and the board took a decision to end his contract. Ahmad has been at training and knows the boys, so the club is looking forward to working with him now."Caretaker coach Al Mistaki added: "I'm not a stranger to Al-Ahli and neither am I a stranger to the players. I have known many of them because of my previous job with the academy. Ahli is a club I have followed for a long time."I have big ambitions for Al Ahli until the end of the year. We want to go higher in the league and get to a better position and we have a clear vision."