Leicester sacks coach:craige Shakespeare

Leicester City’s players demanded to know the story behind Craig Shakespeare’s dismissal and voiced their grievances during a meeting before Thursday’s training session that turned the focus on the club’s board and left Michael Appleton, the acting manager, admitting he was unable to answer their questions.

Appleton described the players as “cheesed off” and “a bit down in the dumps” when they arrived at the training ground for the first time since Shakespeare was sacked on Tuesday.

The decision to relieve Shakespeare of his duties only four months into a three-year contract has been greeted with a mixture of surprise and disappointment inside the club, leaving the board facing a backlash from within.

“Obviously the meeting before we went out to training was a little bit raw. People were disappointed and wanted questions answering, but I’m not the person for that,” said Appleton, who was Shakespeare’s No2 and has been asked to take charge of the team while the club search for a permanent replacement.

“From my point of view it’s all the questions that are for certain senior members and not myself. I didn’t release Craig and I’m not sure of the reasons why. If there’s a million and one questions thrown at me today regarding ‘why this?’ and ‘why that?’ then you’re probably asking the wrong person.” [left-sidebar]