Revealed: Leicester City did not inform Ranieri about his sacking
It has been revealed, however, that the Italian tactician himself did not expect to be sacked as Leicester City’s boss.
Sky Italia journalist Massimo Marianella, in fact, has revealed that he had been talking to Ranieri on the phone some 30 minutes before Leicester City’s official statement was published.
“You all know I’m a very close friend of Claudio”, Marianella said.
“We were talking on the phone 30 minutes before Leicester City’s statement. Claudio was very calm and relaxed. If he would have known that the club was about to sack him, he would have informed me. He could not imagine Leicester City could sack him, otherwise we'd have talked about it. The news came as a big, big surprise for both me and him. He knew nothing about the club’s decision.”