Claudio Ranieri has said his “dream died” when Leicester City sacked him with the Foxes struggling to recapture last season’s title- winning form.
The Italian led the Foxes to last season’s Premier League title, but on Thursday he lost his job.
Leicester City are battling against relegation this term and decided a change was needed to give the team the best possible chance of survival.
But being removed from his post hurt Ranieri, who said on Friday: “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.”
Caretaker manager, Craig Shakespeare, today rejected any claims that player power was behind the sacking of the Italian.
“I’m not aware of any senior players going to the owners so that’s news to me,” he said.
“What I would say, there was a lot of frustration because of results but he hadn’t lost the dressing room,” he said.
“Players have a voice; we have a good group of players who are tactically aware. You listen to the players but it’s the manager who makes the final call.”
