Dilly-ding, dilly-gone: Ranieri’s exit shows cut-throat face of modern football

Can something be shocking yet also inevitable? Claudio Ranieri’s fate feels just that way, writes Simon Peach.

Can something be shocking yet also inevitable? Claudio Ranieri’s fate feels just that way, writes Simon Peach.

Less than 10 months since Leicester completed one of most remarkable triumphs in sporting history, the club have parted company with a man they are sure to erect a statue to.