Shearer Says: “Ranieri should have been given the rest of the season to turn things around”

In a situation like this, the problem the owners have is that they cannot sack 20 players. The manager therefore is the only thing they can change. That is the harsh reality of it. There is no doubt it will happen again. Not that Claudio has moaned about, because managers in the current game know how things work now.

Whoever goes into that job will be wary of what has happened. They’ll be thinking that first and foremost they have to keep these players onside, otherwise they’ll be out of the door. The owners may look at the performance the other night and think it is worth giving the reins to Craig Shakespeare until the end of the season. That will certainly be the case if they continue to play like they did against Liverpool in their next two games.

“They are back where you expect them to be.”

They still have all to play for in the Champions League, so it is an attractive job for someone right now. They have shown they have enough to avoid relegation and we all knew they could never achieve what they did last season. Historically Leicester are a yo-yo club and they are back where you expect them to be.

It hasn’t soured what Leicester achieved last season – nothing can do that. They deserved the title because you can’t fluke something over 38 games. But they became everybody’s favourite second club but that has gone out of the window after what has happened to Claudio. Plenty of fans would probably like to see them relegated now, the goodwill has gone.

“I see a little bit of myself in him and a bit of Teddy Sherringham, too.”

Harry Kane has been in great form recently for Spurs with three hat-tricks in his last nine games. He is a player I really like and I would want him in my team for sure. I do see a little of myself in him and a bit of Teddy Sheringham, too. His goal-ratio is different class. He has now scored more than 20 goals in each of the last three seasons which suggests he is here to stay at the top level. He is very good at most things. If there is one thing he can improve on it is his hold up play, but that is me being picky

If he stays at Spurs for the next 10 years and remains fit, he is one of the players who could break my Premier League goalscoring record. It will be broken one day I am very sure of that. I’ve met Harry and he is a good guy so I would be very happy for him if he did go on to break it. But I hope it takes a while as I’d like to enjoy it for a few more years yet!

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