Leicester players partied and sent damning message to Steve Cooper hours before his sacking

Leicester City opted to sack Steve Cooper aft the decision to Chelsea with the players not convinced helium was the antheral to support them successful the Premier League arsenic their antics told

Leicester City's players partied conscionable hours earlier Steve Cooper was yet fixed his marching orders.

The ex-Nottingham Forest brag was fixed conscionable 12 games earlier the nonaccomplishment to Chelsea proved to beryllium the last straw for the hierarchy. The Foxes players' opted to caput disconnected to Copenhagen for a enactment pursuing their latest reverse with Ekstra Bladet posting footage of them.

Danish stars Jannik Vestergaard and Victor Kristiansen were among those contiguous and they made it wide that they inactive longed for erstwhile brag Enzo Maresca, who led them to promotion past twelvemonth and past near for Chelsea, starring to Leicester appointing Cooper.

On their nighttime retired they had a motion which work "Enzo, I miss you" - a damning reflection connected the erstwhile antheral successful the dugout, who lone won 2 of the games helium was successful complaint for before being fixed the boot.

Mirror Football reported that Cooper's sacking was mostly driven by the temper wrong the campy with respective of the players not convinced helium was the antheral to support them up. That is contempt him managing to support Nottingham Forest successful the apical formation previously.

That feeling began to go wide to those up supra and they made the decision, little than a 3rd of the mode done the season, to determination connected the antheral they'd hired successful the summer. Chairman and proprietor Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha was contiguous astatine the crippled against Chelsea and it is understood that helium was alert of the interior grumbling.

The 44-year-old manager hadn't been capable to triumph implicit the squad and fans were arsenic unconvinced. Even aft caller wins astatine the King Power Stadium the temper was mostly unchanged.

Early frontrunners for the vacancy see ex-Chelsea brag Graham Potter, erstwhile Manchester United and West Ham brag David Moyes whilst West Brom ’s Carlos Corberan is simply a somewhat left-field option. Leicester are keen to marque a speedy assignment up of crunch games against Brentford and West Ham.

A connection from the nine read: “Leicester City Football Club has parted institution with Steve Cooper, who leaves his presumption arsenic First Team Manager with contiguous effect.

“Assistant Manager Alan Tate and First Team Coach and Analyst Steve Rands person besides near the Club. Steve, Alan and Steve depart with our acknowledgment for their publication during their clip with the Club and with our champion wishes for the future.”

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