Ex-England captain talks van Nistelrooy's Leicester fiasco | OneFootball

Leicester City lost again this past Friday, and it was excruciating. I'm sure you won't want to relive the evening's loss to Brentford, so I won't put you through the events once more. But we do have to cover the fallout following the Bees disaster. The Foxes are quite adrift in the Premier League now. LCFC have actually dropped to 19th position thanks to their goal difference being worse than that of fellow strugglers Ipswich Town.

Along with the two aforementioned promoted Championship clubs, Southampton also make up the relegation zone's seemingly doomed trio. Albeit we have 12 games to go in this season's English top flight, it appears it is done and dusted at the bottom. While City have been here before and escaped, the situation feels futile.

Following their impressive defeat of EPL surprise package Bournemouth, Wolverhampton Wanderers have managed to scrape a five point cushion. That actually sounds like a larger gap than it is: two consecutive wins and Ipswich or Leicester would possibly rise again. That's if Wolves falter.

However, a former England captain has now given his expert verdict on the Leicester's woes. And the Blue Army might perhaps wish to look away now or stop reading. That's because Alan Shearer has been talking about the likely failed installation of Ruud van Nistelrooy by King Power chiefs. Not to mention the fiasco of a campaign which the east Midlanders have endured.

Alan Shearer on Leicester City's troubles

Shearer was speaking to one-time Foxes player and fellow Three Lions alum Gary Lineker after City's recent drubbing by Brentford. The former labelled van Nistelrooy's appointment a 'gamble' that ultimately failed.