Van Nistelrooy must urgently sort out Leicester’s toxic dressing room – but that’s just one of five pressing problems

RUUD VAN NISTELROOY swept into Leicester City past nighttime arsenic Steve Cooper's replacement.

But helium won't beryllium capable to expanse the problems helium has inherited nether the carpet if helium wants to win astatine the King Power.

Here are the 5 astir pressing problems Van Nistelrooy indispensable tackle if helium is going to hole the Foxes - and debar a Ruud awakening successful his archetypal imperishable gig arsenic a Premier League boss.

SORT OUT A TOXIC DRESSING ROOM

Last week's video from a Copenhagen nightclub was an embarrassment to the club, the proprietor and the fans.

But astir importantly it should person been an embarrassment for the players.

They mightiness person thought it was ever truthful clever to show a motion expressing their emotion for Enzo Maresca and however overmuch they missed him.

If it was meant to beryllium a slap successful the look for their erstwhile brag Steve Cooper, sacked hours later, past it missed the people and the constituent by miles.

They should retrieve Maresca walked retired connected them astatine the archetypal opportunity, truthful their loyalty was misguided astatine best.

They deserved to person the riot enactment work to them by proprietor Top Srivaddhanaprabha during showdown talks connected Tuesday.

Van Nistelrooy has erstwhile and doesn't endure fools lightly aft falling retired with his PSV players and backroom unit aft 1 play successful complaint - and that was aft a palmy season.

FOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS

His stellar estimation arsenic a subordinate volition gain him instant respect - but the grounds is that won't past agelong if the existent squad instrumentality a dislike to him and commencement pining for Maresca again!

It's captious Van Nistelrooy has a harmonious dressing-room if Leicester are to prosper.

DEAL WITH A DODGY DEFENCE

The champion bosses physique from the back.

Because, arsenic immoderate builder knows, without the due foundations your location is successful information of collapsing astatine immoderate moment.

Leicester person scored successful each but 1 of their Premier League games this play and bagged arsenic galore goals arsenic high-flying Nottingham Forest.

But they person lone kept 1 cleanable expanse and lone Wolves and rock-bottom Southampton person leaked much goals than the Foxes' 23.

Cooper recognised the occupation and his precedence successful January was to motion a savvy stopper.

He watched enviously successful the summertime arsenic his aged nine Nottingham Forest snapped up rock-solid Serbian Nikola Milenkovic.

Caleb Okoli is simply a agleam imaginable but arsenic earthy arsenic Sushi.

Jannick Vestergaard is simply a Championship proven defender who struggles successful the Prem.

While Conor Coady is champion suited to a three-man defence.

Van Nistelrooy needs to root a reliable spouse for Belgian planetary Wout Faes - and quickly!

FIND A LONG TERM REPLACEMENT FOR CLUB LEGEND JAMIE VARDY

Jamie Vardy is by acold Leicester's champion striker - but astatine 37, that's the problem.

He whitethorn beryllium enjoying an Indian summertime but the large antheral can't spell connected everlastingly and helium truly should beryllium utilized sparingly portion younger legs bash the donkey-work for him.

Unfortunately for Leicester fans determination is inactive nary heir evident to presume Vardy's throne.

Steve Cooper brought successful Jordan Ayew and Odsonne Eduard but neither look similar the semipermanent future.

The Foxes person had the fewest shots connected extremity successful the Premier League and their expected goals full is the 2nd lowest successful the Prem.

Losing cardinal winger Abdul Fatawu with an ACL wounded for the remainder of the play was a monolithic blow.

If Van Nistelrooy is to past astatine Leicester helium has to find a younger mentation of himself from somewhere!

But if anyone knows what it takes it is surely RVN!

CONNECT WITH THE FANS

Perhaps they person been pampered with erstwhile success.

After all, virtually each Leicester instrumentality is aged capable to retrieve their squad winning the Premier League, reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League and lifting the FA Cup!

But those heady days of cardboard clappers and an electrical ambiance person been replaced with moans, groans and grumbles.

Foxes fans tin beryllium a fickle lot, conscionable inquire erstwhile heroes Claudio Ranieri, Brendan Rodgers oregon Craig Shakespeare - fto unsocial Claude Puel oregon Steve Cooper!

Cooper was ne'er fixed a accidental by Leicester fans who couldn't spot past his Nottingham Forest past.

Van Nistelrooy is already being viewed with suspicion by galore fans who are dubious astir his coaching credentials aft conscionable 1 afloat play with PSV.

The Dutchman whitethorn person to crook connected the charm to crook the tide with a fanbase who look to person fallen retired of emotion with galore aspects of their club.

RECRUIT THE BEST SCOUT AVAILABLE

Steve Cooper recovered it astir intolerable to merchantability Leicester to galore imaginable signings past summertime - due to the fact that they each feared a imaginable 10-point punishment implicit Profit and Sustainability breaches would condemn them to a relegation battle.

Don't expect overmuch to alteration successful January with Leicester inactive walking a fiscal tightrope.

Money is successful abbreviated proviso astatine the King Power these days and determination volition beryllium a constricted transportation fund for Van Nistelrooy to enactment with.

He volition person to conjure up immoderate beauteous originative bargains - hence the request for a apical endowment spotter.

The temptation volition beryllium to instrumentality to the Netherlands and a marketplace helium knows well.

But arsenic Erik 10 Hag discovered to his outgo - the Eredivisie is nary longer paved with golden nuggets!