They have gone from champions to Championship and those glorious celebrations in 2016 were replaced with tears and despair. Claudio Ranieri’s 500/1 heroes were serenaded by Andrea Bocelli singing Nessun Dorma when they won the title at the King Power Stadium.
Leicester did at least beat West Ham, but it was not enough to save their own skins and, frankly, it ended up being something of an anti-climax lacking in final day drama.
They were safe for all of 23 minutes from when Harvey Barnes put Leicester ahead to when Everton scored their all-important winner which was enough to send the Foxes down.
There were a couple of false alarms in the second half, but that was just cruel and the Leicester players congregated on the pitch round mobile phones after the final whistle at the King Power hoping for a Bournemouth equaliser at Goodison Park. But it never came and the Leicester players just trudged off at the end while the fans were almost split between booing and applause for a season which ended in despair.
Leicester have been allowed to drift to this point because just two years ago they won the FA Cup but the owners did not invest or rebuild the squad.
