🎧 'Bizarre timing for a sensible call'

"The timing seems so bizarre but saying that, nothing should surprise me now."

Ruud van Nistelrooy's departure from Leicester City did not come as a surprise for many after a poor tenure in the Premier League. But the timing of it? That's caused a stir.

The When You're Smiling podcast team break down the possibilities for why the announcement has taken several weeks and the implications for Leicester in the upcoming season.

"A little bit surprised in terms of the actual timing of it. With the financial regulations, I thought it may have been beyond June into July," former Foxes striker Matty Fryatt said.

"Leicester have been sealed to their fate for nine weeks now and there's been no real news and you're thinking 'is Ruud going to stay or not?'.

"It seems to me like someone has said 'we've got the players back in for pre-season on Monday, by the way we've still got Ruud in charge, can someone get rid of him?'"

Listen to the full reaction and more on BBC Sounds.