Africa-Press – Mozambique. The banner flown over the King Power Stadium made its point.
‘King Power Clueless Sack The Board,’ it read, just before Leicester City stepped into the last chance saloon for their game against Liverpool.
A second relegation in three seasons, and instant return to the Championship, was confirmed soon afterwards as Trent Alexander-Arnold’s second-half winner put the visitors within three points of the Premier League title.
It has been a calamitous season after last year’s Championship triumph, with two managers, four wins and no home league goals for almost five months.
The drop had been coming – Leicester have won just once since December – and there was an air of resignation around the ground, even before Alexander-Arnold’s strike.
There are unhappy and disconnected fans, players accused of giving up, and a manager in Ruud van Nistelrooy who, despite his pedigree as a player, has seen the Foxes get worse on his watch.
There were some boos at full-time, but the majority of home fans had already left. Those who stayed offered a smattering of applause, yet it was an empty gesture.
It reflected a club in need of a rebuild but how, and with who, are the biggest questions as Leicester – champions of England nine years ago – face one of their biggest crossroads.
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