Yesterday evening I was in my bed with my wife and, after having seen our little daughter fall asleep, she tells me, while reading on her tablet: “Eh, they've sacked Ranieri"...
I grunted and she replied: “He paid for his responsibilities!"
Yes. Ranieri had some responsibilities - for Leicester City Football Club having had a bad season in the Premier League, after being able to complete one the most incredible endeavors in the history of football. Let me tell you what they are...
First of all, Claudio has the guilt of having been too classy for Leicester's players, who haven't shown any form of respect towards the man who has the merit of having made them come to light from dust.
They have inundated us until we have become drunk on the romance of Jamie Vardy coming from the lower divisions, of Wes Morgan, who was already a former player, etc, etc. And who helped them become champions of England? Or better to say, who has lead them to that unbelievable title? I have a name to suggest, and it's the same one of the 12 Cesars of the Suetonius book.
Second: Ranieri has the responsibility of not having told his club to sell all their best players after the winning season. Players not used to winning, players catapulted suddenly from the dump to the stars, without even knowing how it has happened, are more than satisfied after having won something that they couldn't have ever dreamed of.
After a title like that won, players like these are naturally deprived of any crumb of ambition and motivation.
Third: he hasn't asked his club to replace all the players that had to be sold, with players used to competing for the top half of the table; not necessarily top players, but players who don't feel it a miracle to play for a team who can aspire to qualification for the Europa League or in the Champions League.
Yes, it's true. Ranieri has some responsibilities for his firing. He is too a lord for that ownership.
Source: tribalfootball.com