Sky Sports: New twist on Leicester managerial appointment

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Leicester City are right in the relegation mire at present, and after the set of Easter fixtures they find themselves second from bottom and with the worst recent record of those clubs around them.

As Alan Shearer noted on Match of the Day, the Foxes have won the fewest points since the World Cup, conceded the most goals and lost the most games – with Man City to come in their next fixture.

Just a few years after surprising the world of football with one of the most romantic football success stories in history – when they won the Premier League under Claudio Ranieri – Leicester appear odds on to drop down into the Championship.

It had become common knowledge that the Foxes directors had been talking to former Leeds United manager, Jesse Marsch, about the managerial position available at the King Power Stadium.

Brendan Rodgers had agreed to leave the club by mutual consent which has opened up the vacancy, and any manager willing to take it on has to be brave.

Given any appointment needs to be confirmed sooner rather than later, however, it was arguably unexpected that the club wouldn’t offer Marsch the position straightaway.

Sky Sports reported on Sunday that though talks have been positive no firm decision has been made at this point, and the last thing that the club need to be doing at this stage is dilly-dallying.

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  1. The club has been totally mismanaged for the past 18 months. The biggest mistake was not sacking Rodgers earlier. He should have gone after his comments following the Forest cup defeat last season. The chief executive Susan Whelan and the director of football John Rudkin should follow him out of the door. Relegation would be a financial disaster possibly plunging the club into administration

    1. Alright calm down. They’re not going into administration. Yes they should of changed but they’re not financially unstable. Yes they made losses but it’s to be expected after a pandemic. That’s why they didn’t spend money because they weren’t prepared to spend money they didn’t have. Go down yes it’s a real possibility and yes it affects finances. But they’re not poor by any means. If they have to they will cancel the stadium. Top has probably had more important issues to deal with than football. Business is about managing risk hence my earlier point spending money they don’t have hence the conclusion it’s a smart plan so they don’t have that consequence.

  2. You got some of it right. If Rodgers stays and is given control of who to sell and who to buy (you know, like a football manager should have) and the other two leave, I doubt we’d be where we are now.

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