Steve Cooper is SACKED as Leicester City manager - with Welshman axed a day after 2-1 home defeat by Chelsea

Steve Cooper has been dismissed as manager of Premier League strugglers Leicester after just 15 games at the helm. The former Nottingham Forest boss departed King Power Stadium the day after his side’s flat performance in a 2-1 home defeat by Chelsea, leaving them two points above the relegation zone. Cooper was hired on a three-year contract last summer and even though he leaves with Leicester in the best position of the three sides promoted from the Championship last term. Leicester have sacked their manager Steve Cooper after their 2-1 defeat by Chelsea on Sunday The former Nottingham Forest boss departed the King Power Stadium the day after his side’s flat performance in a 2-1 home defeat by Chelsea Mail Sport understands Leicester bosses did not want to be left wondering again this time after previous mistakes Leicester were relegated at the end of the 2022-23 campaign, having resisted sacking Rodgers until it was arguably too late. Though not thought to be a factor in his dismissal, Cooper’s vociferous criticism of officials was unusual for a Leicester manager in the era of the Srivaddhanaprabha family’s ownership.