Quote (Pozer @ Feb 24 2017 09:46am)

You just know that odious rat faced dickhead Vardy is responsible for this, he's grown too big for his boots, thinking he's suddenly a world class player.

Quote (Pozer @ Feb 24 2017 08:46am)

You just know that odious rat faced dickhead Vardy is responsible for this, he's grown too big for his boots, thinking he's suddenly a world class player.

Quote (Pozer @ 24 Feb 2017 04:46)

You just know that odious rat faced dickhead Vardy is responsible for this, he's grown too big for his boots, thinking he's suddenly a world class player.

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Yesterday my dream died.

After the euphoria of last season and being crowned Premier League champions, all I dreamt of was staying with Leicester City, the club I love, for always.

Sadly this was not to be. I wish to thank my wife Rosanna and all my family for their never-ending support during my time at Leicester.

My thanks go to Paolo and Andrea, who accompanied me on this wonderful journey. To Steve Kutner [Ranieri's agent] and Franco Granello [his Italian agent] for bringing me the opportunity to become a champion.

Mostly I have to thank Leicester City Football Club. The adventure was amazing and will live with me forever.

Thank you to all the journalists and the media who came with us and enjoyed reporting on the greatest story in football.

My heartfelt thanks to everybody at the club, all the players, the staff, everybody who was there and was part of what we achieved. But mostly to the supporters. You took me into your hearts from day one and loved me. I love you too.

No-one can ever take away what we together have achieved, and I hope you think about it and smile every day the way I always will.

It was a time of wonderfulness and happiness that I will never forget. It's been a pleasure and an honour to be a champion with all of you.

Claudio Ranieri

Quote (zarkadon @ 24 Feb 2017 22:34)

Unfortunately it's probably going to hurt the club's image big time.

Most of the people who jumped on the wagon last season were football romantics who saw in Leicester an inspiring underdog that represented something different to what big clubs and "modern football represenented", and sacking Ranieri is about the least romantic decision they could make.

They will obviously never lose the fans that live in Leicester and have always supported the club, but many of the thousands of people from around the world that started liking Leicester last season and were a potential market that could help the club develop now feel betrayed and will probably lose interest in the club. The whole bending to the players rather than the manager who pulled off the miracle doesn't help either.

You should have kept Ranieri until june and stuck to a romantic identity rather than a pragmatic one imo. I think it would have helped the club in the long term.