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Claudio Ranieri’s dismissal as Leicester Manager this season has been one of the most controversial decisions in recent sporting history. Assistant Editor Jon Hoggard challenges the current football system and its tendency to place extrinsic motivators at the forefront of both clubs’ and players’ agendas.   Who’d be a manager? The sacking of Claudio Ranieri just nine months after he led Leicester City to the Premier League title is one of the most gut-wrenching stories of the season. Clubs sacking league-winning managers isn’t that uncommon…

Why do we coach? Why do we lead? What inspires us to take on the challenge of being the talisman of any group? Dave Wright determines what it means to be a leader by examining the 2016 LMA and Premier League Manager of the Year, Claudio Ranieri. Whatever your context, whether it’s in the office, on the training pitch, leading a group of U8s or taking your Leicester City team on a magical mystery tour to Premier League glory, leadership is an art form that…

They say every great side has a spine This season’s Premier League winners Leicester City’s performances over the past 12 months have been a revelation and key to those performances have been the men through the middle of this now legendary team. Bottom of the Premier League at Christmas 2014, their feat in escaping relegation was nothing short of miraculous. Come August 2015, they picked up where they left off and the rest is now history, winning the Premier League ahead of a chasing Tottenham Hotspur side and…