What did Leicester think they were at appointing him? I mean it was obviously going to fail miserably.
What bright spark at Leicester thought, “Oh, I know what we should do, we should get a high profile ex-Manchester United player with a shit record in management and a track record of being a difficult character.”
Bar the odd exception like Xabi Alonso who was obviously very smart and the proper supernatural exceptions like Zidane at Madrid who kept a squad of superstars from getting notions merely by being Zidane and clapped his hands to three European Cups in a row, the days of these ex-players being passable managers are pretty much done.
Appointing somebody like Van Nisterooy is like voting for Trump. Van Nistelrooy pretty much fits into the below category, as does Wayne Rooney.