Leicester City Sack Shakespeare After Four Months In Charge As Manager

2014/15 season English Premier League winners, Leicester City have sacked manager Craig Shakespeare after just winning one in eight EPL matches this season.

The 53-year-old who was given the foxes job initially on temporary basis, succeeded Claudio Ranieri and oversaw an upturn in form that led to the club pulling away from the relegation zone and finishing 12th.

Shakespeare won eight of his 16 games in charge last season, and led the club to the Champions League quarter-finals.

His departure follows a 1-1 draw with West Brom on Monday evening, causing the Foxes to slip into bottom three.

Shakespeare was given around £60m to spend on players in the summer transfer window, including £25m for the Nigerian born Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho, £17m for the Hull City centre-half Harry Maguire and £15m on midfielder Vicente Iborra from Sevilla, but Leicester’s only Premier League win came against newly-promoted Brighton in August.

The last time Leicester went six league matches without a victory, Ranieri was sacked, nine months after leading them to the title.