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Claudio Ranieri is announced the new manager of Nantes. (Getty Images)
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Claudio Ranieri pictured after the 2-1 first-leg defeat to Sevilla in the Champions League, his last game as Leicester City manager. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters
Leicester City Getting Rid of Claudio Ranieri Now Is Hardly Madness
Like all the best fairytales Leicester City’s title story came to an end on Thursday night with a bracing little touch of cruelty. This is usually the way of these things: poisoned apples, hungry wolves, the doomed gingerbread house. Or, as in this case, someone...Caption:
Leicester City, second left, congratulates Jamie Vardy after the striker scored his first goal in the Champions League in the 2-1 defeat at Sevilla. Photograph: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Imag
Claudio Ranieri’s Reign Ends in Cruel, Brutal Fashion as Leicester Lose Patience
It felt like a brutal decision to sack Claudio Ranieri, cruel in so many ways and also desperately sad in the context of everything that the Italian achieved last season, yet in the end it came down to the simple fact that Leicester City’s owners no longer had faith...Caption:
After guiding Leicester City to the Premier League title in his first season with the club, Claudio Ranieri is in danger of taking them down in his second. Photograph: Ashley Crowden/CameraSport via Getty
Dilemmas Mount for Clubs Engaged In Premier League Relegation Dogfight
Sack the manager? Keep the manager? Sell your best player and import seven new ones, five on loan? Go warm‑weather training in Dubai? Cancel the Gulf trip? Switch to a sweeper system? Revert to a flat back four? Play two up front? Keep the faith with a lone striker?...Caption:
Britain Soccer Football – Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea – FA Cup Fifth Round – Molineux – 18/2/17 Chelsea manager Antonio Conte applauds fans after the game Reuters / Darren Staples