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Claude Puel has admitted he is responsible for fan discontent at Leicester City but hopes those who bet on him to be sacked continue to lose money.

Puel has overseen a poor run of results at the King Power Stadium, including defeats to relegation-battling Cardiff City and Southampton, prompting boos in the stands and vitriol on social media.

That, in turn, has seen the Frenchman take the lead in the sack race – he is 2/5 favourite to be the next Premier League manager to lose his job.

However, Puel is putting that speculation to one side and focusing on turning around City’s fortunes and winning support back from the fans.

“(Speculation) is a common thread in all press conferences,” said Puel. “I cannot have an action, I cannot manage these rumours, this speculation.

“It is often we have a lot of bets on my future but I’m sorry for a lot of people who made this bet because they lost a lot of money. It’s their concern but I hope this situation continues.

“I have no problem about this feeling (of the fans). We have the same feeling. We were angry about our two last performances. It was not enough. It was a shame because we had fantastic results before and we lost the credit of these good results.

“At home, our results are not enough and I understand the fans. The fans who follow us away often can take pleasure and enjoy our games but at home we don’t find the right consistency in our game and the right aggressiveness in our first halves often.

“When we have a bad result it is normal to have some feeling about me because I am responsible for the team.

“I work with my players and try to give the good feeling, the positive attitude to start their game with the right intensity. It is my work to find a solution.

“I accept disapproval or people protesting because it is my work and if we have success and we manage better our games then people will be happy and I accept this.

“I want to put my players in the best positive attitude possible to play their game with freedom and quality and aggressiveness against any opponent. For the moment, there is not enough consistency in how we start games. I am responsible and I accept all this, no problem.”

Miscommunication during a BBC interview after the defeat to Southampton saw Puel suggest the boos of the fans were “not his concern”. He clarified this is not the case.

“I say it’s not my concern about newspapers, speculation and the bookmakers. I cannot have action on these people," he said.

“With the fans, we are together and I know we have their support in difficult situations since the beginning of the season.

“When I see them away, it is fantastic support for our games. We appreciate a lot their support. Sometimes they are not happy and they give their feeling. This is normal.

“We have to correct our result and our performances at home. We are different in our management of our home games and away games and we need to find the right consistency.”