Simon Jordan sets out clear Ruud van Nistelrooy sack stance amid Leicester City struggles
Simon Jordan understands the frustrations of Leicester City fans but insists it is ‘too early’ to countenance a second manager change this season.
The former Crystal Palace owner was speaking on talkSPORT after the Foxes lost 2-0 at home to Fulham and registered their seventh successive Premier League defeat.
That leaves them in the relegation zone and the atmosphere at the King Power Stadium turned sour when fans booed manager Ruud van Nistelrooy after he substituted Bilal El Knannouss in the second half.
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However, Jordan does not think it’s time for replace the man who took over when Steve Cooper was moved on.
“There's a conventional wisdom which suggests that Ruud van Nistelrooy would never have got this opportunity without the bounce that he achieved at Man United and the feeling that he did some wonderful stuff there, which I don't subscribe to, and I wasn't hugely enamoured with the fact that it was a love-in for him at Man United because of his status as a player,” Jordan told the White and Jordan show.
“And then you had the journalist that I really like, the Dutch journalist Marcel van der Kraan come on here talking about ‘He'll be fine, watch him, he will be a good manager’. So I thought, ‘OK, fair enough’.
“And you look at the results, and no wonder the Leicester fans are unhappy because they're seeing him produce a side that gets beaten week in, week out at home, doesn't score any goals. Now obviously they saw a midweek game against QPR where they bashed them up 6-2 in the FA Cup.
“But if you look at their recent form where they've got beat 3-0 at home by Wolves, they've got beat 2-0 at home by Man City, they've got beat 2-0 at home by Crystal Palace, they've got beaten 2-0 at home by Fulham. So they're going to be unhappy, the same natives that were unhappy with various other managers Leicester have had.
“It's too early. I mean, this squad isn't good enough. They're still in touch. They're not out of touch. Despite all of this, they're still only two points behind Wolves who've gone back into the mode of getting bashed up again. So they're not out of touch.
“But this is football fans. They're going to be unhappy if you're producing a game or a team every week that doesn't score any goals and concedes goals.”
