Leicester City are on a one-way collision course back to the Championship without laying a glove on the Premier League.
The Foxes were beaten by Manchester United comfortably at the King Power Stadium to leave them nine points off Wolverhampton Wanderers with the same amount of games remaining this season.
It means that Leicester could be relegated when they face Wolves as it stands, unless the gap is extended or they somehow put up a bit of a fight.
Ruud van Nistelrooy blamed Wout Faes for Man United’s first goal and when a manager starts to do that, things are not going well.
Jon Rudkin was also the focus of protests from Leicester fans inside the ground but whilst he and Van Nistelrooy has received plenty of criticism, there’s one other who should be holding his hands up.
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Leicester City owners must admit to their mistakes
Back in 2021, Leicester’s owners were considered untouchable.
Having just won the FA Cup, the club was the model that every other team was envious of. Now, fast forward four years, and it’s a shadow of itself.
Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha wasn’t at the game on Sunday night, despite the chairman issuing a rallying cry to Leicester fans, urging them to get behind the team.
There’s also the case of two disastrous managerial appointments. Neither one of Steve Cooper or Van Nistelrooy have impressed at the helm, but the fault lies at the feet of ‘Khun Top’.
Both managers are chalk and cheese in their style, with previous appointments (Brendan Rodgers to Dean Smith to Enzo Maresca) suggesting that their is an identity crisis and a lack of understanding as to what it means to be Leicester City.
The January transfer window saw Van Nistelrooy request players in four key positions, only to land one of them, Woyo Coulibaly, who seems like nothing more than a squad option.
Leicester owner is paying for his mistakes
Nobody can argue that Van Nistelrooy’s run as a manager is the sort of form that gets you sacked.
By the time the Foxes play Newcastle United on 7 April, supporters would’ve waited four months to see a home goal – if they score.
To add to that, Leicester fans haven’t seen a goal full stop since the win against Tottenham Hotspur on 26 January. That feels like a lifetime ago.
Leicester can’t afford to sack Van Nistelrooy due to the money they paid to dismiss Cooper earlier in the season.
These decisions must be held accounted for and the ripple effect of one error has evolved into a series of many more.