England Legend Attacks Musa Over Poor Performance‎ At Leicester

England legend Gary Lineker has slammed sacked Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri for putting faith in Ahmed Musa despite the Nigeria forward’s poor run of form .

Musa was operated on the right flank in Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League 2 – 1 defeat by La Liga outfit Sevilla at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan , but the 24-year-old, who moved to Leicester from Russian powerhouse CSKA Moscow for a club record £16.6 m last summer, turned out a performance well below par.

And Lineker, who expressed his disappointment with his old club’s showing against the Spaniards , criticised Musa for another disappointing performance.

“Defend Claudio to the end after last season but his faith in Musa is baffling. Now I’ve said it, please prove me wrong,” the former Leicester striker, who holds England’s record for most goals in the World Cup with 10 , wrote on his Twitter page.

“Haha beautifully timed tweet. Bye Musa.”

According to statistics , former Kano Pillars star Musa , who has only four goals to his name in 28 appearances for the struggling Foxes this season , got only 20 touches in 57 minutes before Ranieri sent on Demarai Gray to replace him.

Meanwhile, the Italian manager has been sacked by the club’s management for being unable to replicate last season’s form at the club.