Leicester City has announced that manager Ruud van Nistelrooy has left the club, just nine weeks after their drop from the Premier League.

Following a difficult season in which the team won only six games, Steve Cooper was fired in November and Van Nistelrooy took his position. Leicester City has been relegated to the Championship.

Unfortunately, Leicester City were relegated and the Dutch manager departed the club on Friday.

Van Nistelrooy had 19 defeats while securing only five victories in his 27 games in charge of the East Midlands club last season.

Leicester’s relegation was confirmed with five games left in the season; however, the former PSV Eindhoven manager completed the season and kept his position for an additional month after it concluded.

Former Foxes striker Matt Fryatt described Van Nistelrooy’s departure, which the Championship club said was “mutually agreed,” as “baffling” and “a mess” in early June.
Van Nistelrooy wishes the club well in the future.

“I want to sincerely thank the Leicester City players, coaches, academy, and all the staff I have worked with for their professionalism and commitment during my time at the club,” he said on Leicester’s website.

Former Everton and Burnley manager Sean Dyche has been considered as a replacement to take over the position of the Dutchman at the King Power Stadium as they get ready for their return to England’s second tier.

Leicester was in 16th place in the standings, just one point above the relegation zone when Van Nistelrooy took over from Steve Cooper at the King Power Stadium.

Cooper, previously the manager of Nottingham Forest, oversaw the team for the first three months of the season, achieving three victories while enduring seven defeats in a total of 15 matches across all competitions. He succeeded Enzo Maresca, who departed for Chelsea after guiding the Foxes to the Championship title in the 2023-24 season. Among the losses that Cooper’s Foxes encountered were two against a Manchester United squad managed by Van Nistelrooy, who had left his role as assistant manager at Old Trafford to temporarily take charge in place of his compatriot Erik ten Hag.

Van Nistelrooy’s time as manager started well with a victory against West Ham on December 3, but just three weeks later, the team was in the relegation zone.

Except for a short break after beating Tottenham in late January, the Foxes stayed in the bottom three for the last five months of the season, eventually finishing 13 points away from safety in 18th place.

The season concluded on a disappointing note, with the final blow being their 1-0 defeat against Liverpool on April 20. This loss sealed Van Nistelrooy’s team’s relegation, with Leicester becoming the first club in the history of the English top division to experience nine consecutive home losses without scoring.

They will kick off their Championship campaign at home against Sheffield Wednesday on August 10.