Claudio Ranieri was fired at the airport hotel... Leicester owners let Italian take charge in Seville - but his fate had already been sealed

The full details of Claudio Ranieri’s sacking by Leicester City emerged last night and Sportsmail can reveal:

• The club’s Thai owners let him take charge of Wednesday night’s Champions League defeat in Seville knowing it would be his last match in charge.
• The decision to sack him was taken days earlier, with Leicester’s 2-0 defeat at Swansea on February 12 the final straw.
• Ranieri was dismissed at an hotel at East Midlands Airport when he returned from Seville on Thursday.
• Senior players want to see former manager Nigel Pearson reappointed.

Ranieri cut an isolated figure on Leicester’s chartered plane back from Spain.