Mourinho, Conte, Ancelotti and more: Managers react to shock Ranieri sacking
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Updated 24/02/2017 at 18:26 GMT
Friday's press conferences have seen managers react to Claudio Ranieri's sacking, with the majority voicing their shock and disappointment at the news.
Claudio Ranieri and José Mourinho.
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Jose Mourinho: Leicester should name their stadium after him
“Somebody that probably would deserve the Leicester stadium to be named ‘Claudio Ranieri’ – and he is sacked," Mourinho said. "So I think Leicester made history two years in a row.
“One year because they did the most beautiful thing in the Premier League and one of the most beautiful histories in football history.
“And now they are also in the highlights with the decision that I think has everyone in football united because it is something very, very difficult to accept.
“But at the same time, it is good for all of us to realise how football is at the time and we need to adapt to it.”
Antonio Conte: 'He is a really good man'
"I’m very sad because it is our job," Conte said. "I am disappointed for him because first he is a friend, he is a really good man, a really good manager.
"He won the title with the club and players – he reached the dream to reach the title so for sure I’m disappointed as a friend and as a coach.
"Now I think it is better to wait [to text him] because I understand the situation and his frustration.
"For sure I will call him to show him my disappointment for this decision because I think it is a very strong decision."
Carlo Ancelotti: 'He made history'
"What can I say? Everyone is surprised about this, but being sacked as a trainer is part of the job. I've been sacked many times, at Chelsea and Real Madrid.
"Leicester have to say thanks for everything he did. He made history. What he did there will help him find another club and to find another emotion - maybe to be sacked again.
"We know this is part of our job as a trainer. When the club has problems, they cannot sack 20 players. In football, the players get credit when things are good, when things are wrong, the only guilty one is the manager. But we know this and we are paid for this."
England rugby head coach Eddie Jones: 'All about short-term'
"It's a hard job and you can understand why coaches are so insecure, why we are always looking over our shoulder," Jones, who was sacked by Australia in 2005, told reporters.
"Life's all about short-term, it's happened in sport, the same thing. Everyone wants results like that and if you don't get them soon, you know you are going to be saying goodbye.
"I feel sorry for the guy. I must admit, I feel a lot of sympathy for him because things change, teams change.
"He's probably doing the same job he did last season but it's not good enough this year."
David Moyes: 'We're in a results business'
“I’m really disappointed for Claudio, he’s a good guy," said Moyes. "He did an incredible job to win the league. It just shows we’re in the results business, no-one knows that more than me from Manchester United, you have to win games.”
Eddie Howe: 'I'm shocked and disappointed'
"I was shocked and disappointed," Bournemouth boss Howe said. "Knowing Claudio as I do, his public persona is very much his private persona - I've got a lot of time for him, great guy, a real gentleman and a real positive person. To see him lose his job in the manner that he has, I think is very sad.
"Doing everything he did last season, the historic achievement that he and his team were able to do, to find himself in this position now is very sad.
"I don't think it taints his story at all - he's still the manager that led them to the league and he will always be remembered for that historic achievement and rightly so."
Sam Allardyce: 'You don't get long in this game'
"I was surprised by that one more than any other dismissal this year," Allardyce said.
"We all accept that you don't get long in this game these days, but on the basis of what he had done last year with them, I thought the result at Sevilla was a vote of confidence, but it ended up becoming the dreaded vote of confidence again.
"It is a great shame that his reign with them has come to an end after such history-making events last year which I think will not be repeated again by a team with such resources."
Odds on the new Leicester boss
- Roberto Mancini 5/4
- Alan Pardew 13/1
- Guus Hiddink 14/1
- Frank de Boer 14/1
- Harry Redknapp 25/1
- Nigel Pearson 25/1
- Roy Hodgson 25/1
(Best odds at the time writing)
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