On the departures of coaches Ben Dawson and Danny Alcock: "It wasn't always the plan. The plan was to start working together with the possibility to bring in my own people. From then, you evaluate and make your own decisions. It didn't have anything to do with results."

Leicester has made a change to its coaching set-up following a run of dreadful results in the Premier League but manager Ruud van Nistelrooy remains in his post.

But Ruud van Nistelrooy may be about to discover that a quickie divorce can be on the cards if those errors keep occurring. Leicester City appointed the former interim Manchester United manager as the replacement for Steve Cooper on December 1 and they celebrated by beating West Ham 3-1 at the King Power Stadium before drawing 2-2 with visiting Brighton.