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Leicester players 'cheesed off' by Craig Shakespeare sacking, says caretaker Michael Appleton

Caretaker boss Michael Appleton thinks the Leicester owners could face questions from the players over the sacking of Craig Shakespeare.

Appleton was placed in charge following Shakespeare's dismissal on Tuesday afternoon and described the atmosphere among a "cheesed off" squad as "raw" when he took his first training session with the players.

The former Oxford boss said he was unable to answer the questions the players had about the reasons why Shakespeare had left and did not rule out the possibility of one or more senior players in the group requesting answers from the Thai owners.

"Obviously the meeting before we went out to training was a little bit raw," said Appleton, whose first game is away at Swansea on Saturday.