Odisha FC today named Assistant Coach Gerald Peyton as the Interim Head Coach, one day after terminating the contract of Head Coach Stuart Baxter for making unsavoury comments in a post-match interview earlier on February 1.

Peyton will function as the Interim Head Coach till the end of the ongoing seventh edition of the Indian Super League (ISL), a club press release informed today. He said he would try to win as many games as possible.

Speaking on the recent development, Peyton said, "I have agreed to become the Odisha FC Interim Head Coach for the rest of the games, we have six games left. I am going to go with a lot of hardwork that`s been done already by myself and Stuart (Baxter). I am going to carry on and try and win as many games as possible with the young players, with the team that we have and the way we have been playing."

"My job is to make sure that we show fight, resolve and pride everytime we step onto that pitch. Hopefully, we can give the fans a lot of good things to be proud of as we have been grateful for their support so far," he further added.