But the Dutchman has an easy decision ahead: he needs to leave the club both for his and Leicester’s sake.
What has gone wrong for Leicester this season.
Given the ongoing financial issues at Leicester - and a recruitment strategy that has been rightly criticised by fans (more on that later) - the East Midlands side just seem to be the wrong fit for the Man United icon(
It was always going to be a big job, and in the end it proved to be too big.
With all of that said, despite the woeful displays Leicester have turned in under Van Nistelrooy, he simply can’t shoulder all of the blame?
There’s also very little dialogue with supporters, those loyal fans left to be the ones considering the consequences of another season in the second tier.
Protests have been staged in a number of games this season, while a plan reading 'King Power Clueless, Sack The Board' was flown over the stadium ahead of the Liverpool game
And Van Nistelrooy might be the first victim of that - for both his and Leicester’s good.
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