Angry Ranieri hints at dropping Leicester underperformers
Leicester City’s beleaguered manager Claudio Ranieri suggested he is ready to drop some of the players who won them the Premier League title as the Italian seeks to stave off relegation just one season later.
The champions have yet to win – or even score – in six league matches in 2017 and were beaten 2-0 by fellow relegation strugglers Swansea City on Sunday.
The latest setback leaves them just one point above the relegation zone with the club seemingly free-falling into the Championship.
When asked by reporters if he had been too loyal to the players from last season, Ranieri said: “I could be. Of course, it is difficult when you achieve something so good, you want to give them one chance, two chances or three chances. Maybe now, it is too much.
“But, I must change something because it’s not possible to continue in this way. We have two problems – we concede and we don’t score. Everybody tries to say something positive to help each other.
“But after, we go back (to losing games).
“I always question myself but then I always say ‘come on, together we can do something good’.”
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