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Sure, but thats probably not Ranieri's call. Its not like they needed the money. I'm 100% sure Ranieri would've loved to have kept Kante, but we all know what happens when a players head is turned. None of us would've been blaming Hughton if Stephens had gone to Burnley last summer. Ultimately...

Kante was the only major departure. How much choice do you think Ranieri had when Chelsea came knocking and offered to triple his wages?

Well...no. Ranieri was appointed Leicester manager on 13th July 2015, 3 weeks before Kante joined. Give all the credit to Steve Walsh if you like, but it was CR who signed him, and then built a team around him. He then took a team that finished 14th, 6 points above the dropzone, and 1 year...

Well, not really. Di Matteo didn't build that Chelsea team, he just took it over. The components were in place, the leaders like Terry and Drogba were there, the world class internationals. The team picked itself, it really was was running itself. Ranieri came in, then shaped and galvanised...

His contract should see to that. If we went up, completely STANK the place out and dropped straight back down, I still can't think of another manager I'd rather have at the helm, with parachute payments, if we found ourselves back at square 1 in August 2018.

Its a fair point, and I admit I thought it was a batshit appointment when those Thai owners installed him after Pearson last year. But given the utter miracle he worked with that club, to sack him 25 games later (and within sight of the last 8 of the Champions League) is, I think, quite...

Di Matteo was never anything more than a caretaker manager though, that Chelsea team picked and ran itself. My dentist would've won the Champions League with them that season, and he's from Guildford.

Benitez as manager, Wagner as his no2

Sorry, but team doesn't collapse to the arse-end of the division to this extent through the loss of ONE player, good though he was. Its not as simple as that.

1. They're 2-1 down with an away goal. 50% of the time, a team thats lost away 2-1 goes through. They still have every chance. 2. If we go up and struggle next season, only the complete and utter dickheads on here would be howling for Hughtons head.

Those players have let him down MASSIVELY. They should be embarrassed and ashamed. Its always cheaper to bin the man in charge rather than a squad of players who were just awarded MONUMENTAL improvements on their deals, and have proceeded to rest on their laurels. There has been nowhere near...