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Former Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has dared Nantes to sack him after the club’s president accused him of being unprofessional.

Ranieri’s relationship with Nantes president Waldemar Kita has become strained over the course of the season and the Italian has now challenged his boss to give him the boot.

"It's normal for him to criticise. All the presidents criticise when you lose,” he said after Nantes’ latest defeat, a 2-0 reverse to Lyon, a side Ranieri has been linked with.

"So, if he's not happy there's only one thing left for him to do…”

The latest fallout between Ranieri and his employers surrounds his absence from the club’s 75th anniversary party the previous week.

Ranieri said he was heading to the event, only for his driver to make a wrong turn.

“I was on my way there but my chauffeur went the wrong way," said City's title-winning manager.

“We arrived on the other side (of town) and there were so many cars around I told my chauffeur to take me to the airport so I could go to London because of some flooding in my apartment.

“I told my president that I was stuck. He told me there was no problem. I asked his permission."

But it seems this was a problem for Kita, particularly after Ranieri attended two games in the UK with his Italian staff: Manchester United against Spurs and Arsenal’s clash with West Ham.

Kita said: “Maybe he had his obligations, what do you expect me to say? For me, it's unprofessional to act in this way.

"It's a necessity to come to such a reception.”