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Former Leicester City manager Martin O鈥橬eill has expressed his huge disappointment at Claudio Ranieri鈥檚 sacking as he believes the Italian could still have turned things around over the rest of the campaign. O鈥橬eill claimed Ranieri had the right to 鈥渟ee it through this season鈥� after leading them to an unprecedented title win in 2016. He was also encouraged by Leicester鈥檚 second half Champions League performance against Sevilla in midweek as the team showed that they were getting back to what they were doing last season. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e actually still in the Champions League, which is what you鈥檙e fight for these days.鈥� On a final note, O鈥橬eill also ruled out any possibility of returning as Leicester manager as he indicated he still has a big job to do with the Republic of Ireland. Martin O'Neill is one of a number of managers who鈥檝e been linked with the Leicester vacancy 鈥� other potential contenders include Nigel Pearson, Guus Hiddink and Roberto Mancini

From Sportsweek Sunday 26 February 2017