By Mike Woitalla Gary Lineker, who called Leicester City’s sacking of Claudio Ranieri “inexplicable, unforgivable and gut-wrenchinglysad,” was just one of many fierce critics of the club’s Thai owners. Now it looks like the club got it right, handing over the reins to longtime assistant CraigShakespeare. Ranieri was fired Feb. 23, just nine months after […]
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Shakespeare set to be named Leicester City manager
Craig Shakespeare, with two wins under his belt as interim Leicester manager since the sacking of Claudio Ranieri, is expected to be confirmed by the club to remainin charge for the remainder of the season. Shakespeare oversaw wins over Liverpool and Hull City as the Foxes have risen to 15th place. The 53-year-old has held […]
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Barcelona's Luis Enrique: 'I need to rest'
In his first article forESPN.com, Sam Borden examines the question of why soccer coaches abroad drop like flies and coaches in American sports have relative job security. Borden, who covered internationalsoccer for the New York Times while based in Paris, writes in the aftermath of Claudio Ranieiri‘s departure from Leicester City less than a year […]
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Vardy: Leicester City players inspired by 'unfair' criticism
Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy said he and his teammates were “fired up” to prove their critics wrong after they were accused of undercutting fired manager Claudio Ranieiri. The Englandinternational scored twice — his first league goals since December — as the Foxes defeated Liverpool, 3-1, in their first game since Ranieiri’s dismissal. “There has been […]
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'Time of wonderfulness' ends for Ranieri
The callous sacking of Claudio Ranieri by Leicester City, unfortunately, puts him in very good company. Four of the five previous managers to win the English Premier League titleeither left at the end of the following season, were sacked during that season, or in the case of Sir Alex Ferguson, retired. Here’s the list […]
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Ranieri: 'Dream died' when fired as Leicester City manager
Claudio Ranieri said his “dream died” when Leicester City fired him as manager on Thursday, nine months after the 5,000-1 shots won the Premier League. “After the euphoria of lastseason and being crowned champions,” the 65-year-old Italian said, “all I dreamt of was staying with Leicester. Sadly this was not to be. The adventure was […]
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Mourinho blames Ranieri firing on 'selfishness of others'
Manchester United Jose Mourinho, who was fired after leading Chelsea to the 2015 EPL title, showed support for fired Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri by saying his firing was”peanuts compared to Claudio’s” and blaming the Foxes’ move on the “selfishness of others.” “When I was sacked as a champion [by Chelsea], it was a giant […]
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What They're Saying: Gary Lineker
“After all that Claudio Ranieri has done for Leicester City, to sack him now is inexplicable, unforgivable and gut-wrenchingly sad” — Former English star, Match of the Daypresenter and Leicester fan Gary Lineker on Ranieri’s firing less than a year after the Foxes won the Premier League title. (
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Column: Ranieri firing is 'despicable act of felony'
On Thursday, 297 days exactly after leading Leicester City to an improbable EPL championship, Italian Claudio Ranieiri was fired as the Foxes manager. The move was met withincredulity by much of the British press. The Independent’s Ian Herbert: “Raneiri will leave with his usual good grace, of course, because he possesses qualities beyond theremotest imagination […]
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UCL: Vardy and Schmeichel keep Leicester City alive
Jamie Vardy ended a nine-game scoreless streak when he scored in the second half to keep struggling Leicester City alive in the UEFA Champions League. The Foxes fell to Sevilla, 2-1, in thefirst leg of their round-of-16 series, but Vardy’s goal on one of only two Leicester shots on target provided a valuable away goal. […]