After Leicester fell defeated against Crystal Palace on January 15, some veteran players had already seen enough.
With the rest of the return team in the King Power Stadium costumes, they were explained in forceful terms that the Foxes walked sleepy towards the drop.
Keep it up and we'll fall again, it was the general message. Although Ruud Van Nistelrooy added his opinions, this investigation was directed by the players. It is believed that the trigger was the second goal of Palace, where Marc Guehi advanced unnoticed to finish off volley to the second stick.
Why were the screams heard from the bench: 'Gather the six!' (Guehi T -shirt number) – Hasn't attention to? Why was the young end Kasey Mcateer to score Guehi, a much stronger player? It was the height.
Unfortunately, the talk did not make the slightest difference. Four days later, Leicester was even worse when losing 2-0 at home against Fulham, seventh consecutive defeat under the command of Van Nistelrooy. This time the patience of the fans ended when the soccer director Jon Rudkin, along with other members of the Board of Directors and Van Nistelrooy, felt all the strength of their fury.
As Mail sport As revealed on Friday, things reached a boiling point in the locker room after the 2-0 house defeat against Fulham when Nistelrooy are attacked by Facundo Buonanotte, who had acted badly as a substitute in the second part. It is said that the duo had a conflictive exchange in Spanish, which Van Nistelrooy speaks fluently after playing at Real Madrid and Malaga.
The spirits have reached a boiling point in Leicester and the patience of fans has ended
Ruud Van Nistelrooy team has suffered seven defeats in a row and its mood has overshadowed
Sports director Jon Rudkin and other members of the board felt the fury from the stands
In fact, in recent times it is said that Van Nistelrooy's mood has overshadow years. Although this can be a dramatic vision of the matter, Sunday's game in Tottenham could be decisive in many ways.
Van Nistelrooy is a symptom of this discomfort, not the cause. The Fox hired the Dutchman in November after Graham Potter and David Moyes made it clear that they would not be interested in happening to Steve Cooper.
It was a disconcerting decision: Van Nistelrooy's only experience as a coach in a league of the first five was a period of four games as an interim coach of Manchester United, after the dismissal of Erik Ten Hag and before the appointment of Ruben Amorim. That period included two victories about Leicester, but surely those results alone could not have been the basis to name it. Could they?
It is said that players appreciate the clear communication of Van Nistelrooy in tactical meetings, which are brief and go to the point. Despite an outstanding career as a player, it is believed that Van Nistelrooy is relatively quiet and reserved at the club's training center, valued at £ 95 million, and behaves more as a traditional coach than as a natural coach in a field of training.
Four points in nine games is a discouraging result, but like the coaches that preceded him, Van Nistelrooy is working in difficult circumstances.
The only personnel member who has brought is the goalkeeper coach Jelle Ten Rouwelaar. The first team coach Brian Barry-Murphy, who worked with Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, was designated by the club, instead of being specifically recommended by Van Nistelrooy.
The coach of the first team Ben Dawson, Danny Alcock (another goalkeeper coach) and the ball player stopped Andy Hughes joined Leicester during the five months that Cooper was in office. Instead that a group of personnel promotes a particular idea, as was the case when Enzo Maresca took Leicester to the title of the championship last season, there is no unique principle than one to the technical team.
When they hired Van Nistelrooy, he made it clear that he needed a side, a central on the left, one end and a striker. But with the fundamental financial restrictions and with the heavy Rudkin in charge of transfers, progress has been painfully slow, and only the side Woyo Coulibly signed a contract of £ 2 million from the Italian Club Parma.
An investigation in the costumes after the 2-0 defeat against Crystal Palace, headed by the players
The investigation followed Marc Guehi wandering unnoticed in the second stick to launch a volley to the network.
Four points in nine games is a discouraging result, but Van Nistelrooy has partially tied hands
Leicester, Ipswich and Wolves seem engaged in a struggle for 17 position with drifting southampton
Rudkin's desire to get the best treatment for Leicester is admirable, but his dribbling can be counterproductive.
At the beginning of the window, Sheffield United wanted Hamza Choudhury ceded with a purchase option. Leicester would only accept a loan with an obligation, for a player with an important contract that is not desired by the current coach. On Friday, Leicester accepted a assignment with a purchase option. Valuable time lost in a single theme, in a month in which speed and flexibility are vital.
Crucial with Cooper, Buonanotte has started only three of Van Nistelrooy's league games and Mail sport Brighton has discussed the possibility of canceling the loan contract for a season, since the 20 -year -old is unhappy for his lack of game time even before last Saturday's clash with his coach.
Meanwhile, it is believed that Stephy Mavididi has felt restless for the search for another end by the Foxes and, although Jamie Vardy has surpassed many rivals over the years, it is unlikely that the news that Van Nistelrooy would like another striker has given an impulse. In his passage.
It was supposed that the player who would compete with Vardy, who turned 38 in early January, would be Odsonne Edouard, but he doesn't even feel on the bench since Leicester is desperate to send him back to Crystal Palace, despite the amazing cost of £ 5 million. The loan of the season.
There are mitigating circumstances. The leiceter's goal is staying up and is just two points from the line. With Southampton practically drifting, Leicester, Ipswich and Wolves seem to be engaged in a struggle for 17th position. The Premier League looks more and more like a closed store and even players who were previously consistent as Leicester will suffer if they make a mistake.
While the Foxes are not seen as a typical “newly promoted” team because they won the premiere title in 2016 and the FA Cup five years later, they still fight against the same forces as other clubs that advance from the championship. Despite the fears about the expense rules of the highest category, the club is financially safe, but those regulations mean that they cannot spend as freely as they would like this month.
However, many of the problems are Leicester himself. Vardy's contract ends at the end of the season, and the contracts of nine other players will expire in the summer of 2026. The recruitment has been disorderly.
Despite an outstanding career as a player, Van Nistelrooy is relatively quiet and reserved.
Players must now look in the mirror and the same goes for members of the Board of Directors.
The powerful Rudkin is a key ally of President Aiyawatt Srivaddhaanaprabha, but it seems that he needs help. The former boss Enzo Maresca often felt frustrated by the laborious Leicester approach in recruitment and wanted the club to appoint a specialized sports director, with greater knowledge of the current market than the current staff. It seems that he was right.
It has been a long time since Leicester players are given too much rope. In the last seasons it has become relatively normal for players to transfer concerns that go beyond the coach to club executives, a disastrous trend that can only undermine the boss.
While many team members live in the Leicester area, some have chosen not to move and make long daily trips, which does not favor the creation of a solid team ethics.
Most of the team never accepted Cooper from the beginning and, indeed, others complained about Van Nistelrooy's methods from quite early in his reign.
These are the same boys who thought it would be wise . That was the day before they fired Cooper.
The time has come for some of these players to look in the mirror, and the same goes for the members of the Board of Directors. A group of followers is planning a protest before the game at home against Arsenal on February 15.
A hesitant regime that seems increasingly out of reach, a manager who is running out of responses and a team that seems to put aside the tools before the first adversity signal. It is not surprising that Leicester fans have lost hope. It corresponds to those in the field, to those on the bench and, what is more relevant, to those in the boardroom restore it.