There’s been a lot of speculation over the last few days about the nature of Nigel Pearson’s self-confessed ‘spat’ with a Leicester fan during the teams 1-3 loss at home to Liverpool.

This morning a video has appeared online which clearly shows the Leicester City manager responding to abuse from the crowd with some abuse of his own.

Pearson can quite clearly be heard to say: “fuck off and die” to the fan.

Watch the short video below and judge for yourself:

After the game, Pearson told the media:

“I replied to one idiot in the stands and if he doesn’t like what he sees, then don’t bother coming. Maybe they ought to think about staying at home. We’ve worked hard and will continue to do so. I don’t like the commitment of my players being questioned.”

While that is an admirable sentiment, the manager of a Premier League club should not be behaving like this to paying fans!

The whole incident could well see the end of Nigel Pearson as Leicester manager – following a poor run of results the club are now bottom of the Premier League, and misconduct like this is likely to turn fans against the manager who got them promoted.

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