CHRIS TURNER has resigned as director of sport at Hartlepool United.
Turner, who has effectively been operating as the club's manager, is believed to have become frustrated and disappointed with the lack of transfer activity at Victoria Park this summer.
And now, after weeks of uncertainty surrounding the club, he has acted to quit from his post, leaving first team coach Mick Wadsworth in temporary charge.
Turner has been in charge of team affairs since Danny Wilson's departure in December 2008 before adding 12 new players last summer, but now he has brought his second spell in charge of the club to an end.
Hartlepool has been the subject of constant takeover talk all summer and the saga is understood to have played a part in his decision to walk away.
Chief Executive Russ Green is believed to have quit before Turner's exit.
Pools chairman Ken Hodcroft is yet to make a comment, but he has appointed Wadsworth in charge for this Saturday's trip to Yeovil Town.
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