Quite why Milan Mandaric wasn’t at the Britannia Stadium to watch his Leicester City team draw 0-0 with Stoke is a puzzle in itself. After all, Potters chairman Peter Coates travels the length and breadth of the country to watch his team in action, collaborating with manager Tony Pulis every other day. It appears to be quite the opposite at the Walkers Stadium, where the Foxes chairman describes his role at Leicester as a ‘project’ and appears to be unconvinced that Ian Holloway is the man to take the club forward.

Sky Sports report that the former Portsmouth chairman is fuming after seeing Leicester get out of the Championship, but not in the way he intended. Poor Milan, he’s not going to make a profit out of selling the club at this rate. Get the violins out for this likeable fellow.

“It is not an easy moment. It is one I have never experienced before in any project, whether business or football,” Mandaric, speaking from the United States, told Sky Sports News.

“It is a dreadful experience. It is a shame. I feel let down and right now I am not a very happy man.

“You don’t have to be Einstein. If you look at the support I have given to my managers and my players, both financially and morally, and what do you get in response?

“You expect rewards and results. We didn’t get it and you have to feel let down.”

Perhaps Mandaric let himself down at Leicester. After all, there was a distinct lack of continuity, with four managers taking charge at various points in the season. Who knows whether the club would have found themselves in this position if he’d stuck with Martin Allen for a few more months.

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