Leicester City: Three issues Claude Puel must immediately address

If Claudio couldn’t (although he could), Craig couldn’t (how would we know?), then maybe Claude would – it is with this hope, the clouds of uncertainty rest nicely over which, that Leicester City have made the appointment of Claude Puel, a doyen – yes – but still not a name to rely upon.

The Frenchman hasn’t even taken charge as yet, but the current consensus reflects disappointment and dissatisfaction aplenty over a perceived lack of ambition from Leicester city’s his nibs. In reality, it does seem a bit of a slapdash appointment, even if Claude Puel managed to secure eighth position and a league cup final for Southampton in his only season in England.

However, it’s also true of the 56-year old that in no way is he a bad choice, a walking disaster or someone who can contrive a mess, simply because he’s a decent manager who knows what he does, even if his way of doing it is peevish in nature.

Come what may, Puel is Leicester City’s main man now, and with the Foxes in need of a major change of form and fortunes, the focus can’t surely be on a debate about what could have been, but what has to be.

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As Claude Puel prepares for his first game in charge (against Everton), there are a number of issues that have been left unattended by Craig Shakespeare. While one would be a bit deluded to think that they can all be given their fair share of attention in the space of a couple of days, Puel must address the existing problems sooner rather than later, or he could himself be the next casualty at the King Power Stadium.

Here’s what (or who) the former Saints boss must take care of: