The latest episode of BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast has landed.
Ian Baraclough, who came through the Foxes' academy, joins Jack Rafferty to preview Sunday's trip to Stamford Bridge to take on Enzo Maresca's Chelsea.
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Image source, Getty ImagesDaily Mail reporter James Sharpe believes those at the top of Leicester City deserve praise for the success they have brought the club, but need to answer the "legitimate questions and concerns" fans have about how the Foxes are being run.
Speaking on the latest episode of BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast, Sharpe said: "It's wrong not to give them the credit they deserve for the fantastic times Leicester have had and the amazing things the club have achieved.
"Promotion, staying up, winning the title, Champions League football, FA Cup wins - they deserve credit for that and we should always be thankful.
"What that doesn't do is absolve them of responsibility and give them a free pass for what has happened since. There's a number of things that have been huge issues.
"Getting rid of Brendan Rodgers far too late had a massive impact on the club's future. Fumbling on the replacement and having caretakers in for two crucial games that went badly stunk of a club that lacked direction, planning and a clear vision of what they needed.
"They are responsible for a big part of the financial situation Leicester find themselves in. They have to take responsibility for the contracts that have been handed out.
"The complete scattergun transfer policy over recent seasons and repeated decisions that have left Leicester in such a tricky financial situation, where they're juggling PSR charges and narrowly escaping points deductions because of loopholes. You wouldn't expect these decisions to be made by a club like Leicester who have done such great things."
However, Sharpe's biggest concern is the lack of answers given from the club as to how things have gone so badly wrong.
"Leicester's owners were seen as the pinnacle of how to run a football club - we've gone from that to where we are now," Sharpe said. "A lot of the frustration from fans and journalists is their refusal to speak openly about their decision-making.
"Give supporters answers to these legitimate concerns. Questions need answering."
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Leicester City's Jeremy Monga is a target for Manchester City but they will have to go through a tribunal to agree a compensation fee for the 15-year-old English winger. (Sun), external
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Image source, Getty ImagesFailures in recruitment over the past decade is the primary reason behind Leicester's fragile state, says former winger Matt Piper.
The Foxes made astute signings such as Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante, who were key to their Premier League title win in 2015-16. Since then however, signings have been far less consistent and the club has struggled to pivot its strategy after finding success.
"All of a sudden if you're going into the market as a top Premier League team and try and buy a £400k player to put into the first team the fans aren't having it," Piper told BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast.
"In a certain way that strategy was the downfall of our own success.
"What we did is sell one huge asset each season and that can be frustrating for fans because you're never really building by adding players to the best players you've already got.
"For a club like Leicester that was a really smart tactic to move in the transfer market. But, then you have to be really clever and savvy with how you spend that money and we had a number of transfer windows where we weren't.
"Steve Walsh had gone by that point and the recruitment was not at the level of a top Premier League club fighting at the top end of the table. Then the problems start to unravel. Then players think let's get established Premier League players in who have done it.
"The problem with that is the clubs like Fulham and Crystal Palace who were selling us this type of players. We had ambitions to be higher than them and we're taking players they don't want anymore and putting them in our first XI.
"Then, everyone is scratching their heads at why we're down near the bottom of the table with a lack of quality in the group. That is the reason why unfortunately."
