The Leicester City players summoned to Wednesday’s meeting with owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha that effectively ended Claudio Ranieri’s reign included Kasper Schmeichel, Wes Morgan, Marc Albrighton and Jamie Vardy. The group of senior players met Srivaddhanaprabha at the team’s hotel in Seville following their 2-1 Champions League defeat and were asked for their observations on the team’s decline from last season’s Premier League triumph. Craig Shakespeare, the Leicester caretaker manager, denied suggestions that Ranieri was the victim of a players’ revolt yesterday, and the players did take responsibility for their poor performances in the meeting. Ranieri is also believed to have had problems with some members of Leicester’s medical team this summer, and regretted not making changes to his support staff last summer.

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