The unlikely player Ruud van Nistelrooy must axe to try and save Leicester City from relegation
Leicester City have lost 11 of their last 12 Premier League games and are five points from safety – our writers propose desperate measures for these desperate times
Leicester City travel to Chelsea on Sunday looking to arrest a run of defeats that has put their Premier League status in huge jeopardy.
Enzo Maresca awaits, no doubt keen to undo whatever patch-up work Ruud van Nistelrooy has been able to do in the ten days between the trip to Stamford Bridge and their last assault, definitely not the right word, on the capital.
That ended in a 2-0 defeat to West Ham, with Graham Potter’s side barely having to get out of second gear to dismiss the Foxes. Hopefully the free weekend and time on the training ground has been put to good use.
But what can van Nistelrooy do? Change of formation? Change of personnel? Most variations have been tried either by the Dutchman or his predecessor, Steve Cooper.
However, that hasn’t stopped our Leicester City writers from picking one change they believe would improve City’s chances of staying up
It initially looked like a masterstroke from van Nistelrooy when, against Tottenham in late January, he handed Bobby De Cordova-Reid his first league start since August.
The Jamaican set up both goals in the victory, supplying a perfect teasing cross for Jamie Vardy’s equaliser. But he’s not done enough to merit keeping his place in the starting line-up since.
