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Gus Poyet was appointed as Shanghai Shenhua manager in November 2016
He resigned after a 2-1 loss at home to Henan Jianye left them 12th in the table
Shenhua made Carlos Tevez the highest-paid player ever on £600,000 a week
They have lost their last four matches - conceding 13 goals and scoring once

Published: 04:23 EDT, 11 September 2017 | Updated: 06:10 EDT, 11 September 2017

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Former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Gus Poyet has quit as head coach of struggling Chinese Super League team Shanghai Shenhua after the club's fourth consecutive loss.

Poyet stepped down after the loss at home on Sunday to Henan Jianye left the ambitious club languishing seven points above the relegation zone with seven games of the season remaining.

'The club has agreed to accept Mr. Poyet's resignation,' Shanghai Shenhua said in a statement which thanked the 49-year-old Uruguayan and wished him well.

Gus Poyet managed just three wins in his last 18 league games in charge of Shanghai Shenhua

Former head coach and current technical director Wu Jingui will take over as interim boss until the end of the season.

Shanghai placed fourth in 2016 and hopes were high for the 2017 campaign after the appointment in November of Poyet, who previously managed Brighton, Sunderland, AEK Athens and Real Betis.

The following month, Shanghai signed Carlos Tevez, whose reported weekly salary of around £600,000 made him the highest-paid player in the world at the time.

Yet in China, Tevez has struggled to reach the standards he set for previous clubs Manchester United, City and Juventus.

An early defeat in qualification for the Asian Champions League in February started Poyet's tenure on a negative note and just three wins in the last 18 league games had fans calling for changes.