Steve Cooper to Leicester was the managerial appointment that should never have happened so it is no surprise his tenure has ended after only 15 matches.
There is fault on both sides. Though keen to return to the dugout after six months away from the game, Cooper was giving himself no margin of error by moving to Leicester. Sure enough, he has lasted barely five months, and it feels grimly appropriate that his final game should come against Enzo Maresca, who left Leicester for Chelsea last June. Maresca’s men won 2-1 at the King Power Stadium on Saturday on another day of struggle for Cooper.