Complex sentence: On 29 August 2016, Leppitsch was sacked by the Lions after three seasons with the club, despite being granted a one-year contract extension at the start of the year which would have seen him remain at the club until the end of the 2017 season.
Split into simpler sentences: On 29 August 2016, Leppitsch was sacked by the Lions after three seasons with the club. He was, earlier in the year, granted a one-year contract extension, which would have seen him remain at the club until the end of the 2017 season.