Marti Cifuentes: Leicester City sack manager after less than seven months in charge at the King Power Stadium

Leicester have sacked manager Marti Cifuentes after less than seven months in charge.

Cifuentes leaves the Foxes 14th in the Championship, following a 2-1 defeat to Oxford on Saturday.

The Spaniard lasted 29 Sky Bet Championship games, of which Leicester won only 10. They are six points off the play-off places and nine above the relegation zone.

The 43-year-old replaced Ruud van Nistelrooy, who oversaw the club's relegation from the Premier League, in June.

Cifuentes joined the Foxes from fellow Championship side QPR, signing a three-year deal. He had been placed on gardening leave by his former employers after holding talks with West Brom, who went on to appoint Ryan Mason.

Leicester paid QPR £500,000 in compensation for Cifuentes, who covered half the fee by forgoing a portion of his wages and signing-on fee - meaning he effectively took a pay cut to move to the King Power Stadium.

Cifuentes had been happy to do so in order to oversee the project at Leicester. But with finances tight and the threat of a points deduction for alleged PSR breaches looming, the Spaniard was unable to turn around the club's fortunes.

Leicester's upcoming fixtures

January 31: Charlton (H), kick-off 12.30pm - Live on Sky Sports

February 7: Birmingham (A), kick-off 3.01pm

February 10: Southampton (H), kick-off 7.45pm

February 14: Southampton (A), kick-off 3pm (FA Cup fourth round)

February 21: Stoke (A), kick-off 12.30pm - Live on Sky Sports

More to follow…

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