Michael Laudrup has announced his resignation as Real Mallorca boss.
• Real Mallorca 2-1 Real Sociedad
Laudrup, who took charge of the club in July 2010, confirmed the decision at a press conference on Tuesday morning, indicating his relationship with club owner Lorenzo
Serra Ferrer had become untenable.
"This situation cannot continue like this," he said. "From now on, Mallorca will be whatever it is Serra Ferrer wants."
Laudrup's resignation comes hours after the dismissal of his assistant Erik Larsen, who was sacked on Monday night after criticising Serra Ferrer.
Laudrup had previously expressed his frustration at not having been able to add quality to his squad during the transfer window, particularly after the departure of Jonathan de Guzman to Villarreal.
Larsen went a step too far for the Mallorca board, though, when he described Serra Ferrer as a "bad person" and someone "unfit to lead the club".
Laudrup acknowledged last week that managers being sacked was "a part of football" and that his side had "no other option but to win on Sunday" at home to Sociedad - which they duly did, 2-1, to end a three-game losing streak in which they had failed to score a goal.
He revealed at Tuesday's brief press co nference, during which he did not take questions, that he had been contemplating his future for a while but did not want to leave with the team in the lower reaches of the standings.
"Why go now that you've won a game and you're in the middle of the table? I had long been thinking about this, but I could not do it with the team in a bad situation," he said. "Now I can quit being in the middle of the standings."
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