Leicester City sack manager after 16 months in charge

Leicester City have sacked director Claude Puel following 16 months in control.

City were beaten 4-1 at home by Crystal Palace on Saturday in what turned out to be Puel's last amusement.

Puel, 57, leaves the club twelfth in the Premier League having lost five of their last six class diversions.

The Frenchman guided Leicester to a ninth-place complete in the Premier League in his first season however the club are currently searching for their fourth lasting chief in 23 months.

Saturday's annihilation implied Leicester have lost four back to back home Premier League recreations out of the blue since January 2000 and surrendered the main objective in 19 Premier League coordinates this season - more than some other side.

Partner supervisor Jacky Bonnevay will likewise leave the club, with first-group mentors Mike Stowell and Adam Sadler set to take transitory charge of the squad.

Leicester's next diversion is at home in the Premier League against Brighton on Tuesday.

Puel was designated on a three-year bargain in October 2017, succeeding Craig Shakespeare who thus pursued 2015-16 Premier League winning director Claudio Ranieri in dealing with the club.

The previous Lyon supervisor had been expelled by Southampton in June 2017 and touched base at Leicester four months after the fact with the club third from base of the alliance.

He drove them to ninth in the table, only their second best 10 complete in the Premier League since 2000.