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Ruud van Nistelrooy has axed Harry Winks from his Leicester City squad after the midfielder refused to compromise on his 100-mile commute. Van Nistelrooy was involved in a confrontation with Winks over the international break after he declined a request to stay overnight one day a week at Leicester’s training ground. It is understood that the former England international is one of three senior players to travel over 90 miles a day to the Seagrave complex in North Leicestershire. With Van Nistelrooy battling to instil discipline at the Premier League strugglers, his plea for Winks to stay overnight at the training ground fell flat. Winks, a £10 million signing from Tottenham in July 2023, is understood to have his own private reasons for commuting every day to training. Former Leicester manager Enzo Maresca also allowed the midfielder to travel from his Hertfordshire base without any issues. Yet Van Nistelrooy reacted angrily to what he perceived as indiscipline and excluded Winks from his squad for Wednesday night’s match at Manchester City. It is uncertain whether the 29 year old will be available for Monday night’s game against Newcastle, but sources have suggested the row with Van Nistelrooy was heated. Leicester’s £100 million training ground is renowned as one of the best in the country, with outstanding facilities, a nine-hole golf course and hotel accommodation. This latest development will raise further scrutiny on Leicester’s squad after it emerged defender Jannik Vestergaard recently brought his dog to the training ground. Telegraph Sport revealed that the Denmark international was given permission to bring in his pet on this one occasion because his family in London were away and there was no one to care for it. Vestergaard has not appeared in any of the Leicester squads since the 2-0 defeat at West Ham on February 27. Van Nistelrooy is coming under increasing pressure after suffering 14 defeats in the last 15 league matches. The 2-0 defeat at Manchester City leaves Leicester second-bottom and 12 points adrift of safety with a poor goal difference. Before the row with Winks emerged, he had spoken of his determination to set high standards at the club. He said: “One of the first things I looked at when I arrived was to see how things are done here, and then apply my standards in this environment. “In general, I’ve tried to increase the standards over the past three months. You have to take full advantage of these facilities. That is where the standards come in. “It’s a perfect place to increase the standards as high as I feel is possible to run a club that wants to be in the Premier League. People have to get used to it. In the short term, you won’t see the effects of it, but in the long term it will pay off.”

sums it all up nicely

and a good number of the signings in the Puel "era" where really good ones for us too, many forget that I'd have Puel back over RVN in a heartbeat if im honest

and theres no sign of rvn even going yet what a complete farce

unless there is a change of manager i wont be going none of them can be arsed to turn up, why should i

tbf look at Ipswich's games theyve got left, even if they did win, theyd be 7points(thats with the 1 point added cos of GD) Ipswich - Chelsea(a), Arsenal(H), Newcastle(a), Everton(a), Brentford(h)Leicester(a)WHU(h) wolves-Spurs(h)Utd(a)Leicester(h)Man City(a)Brighton(h)Palace(a)Brentford(h) think the fat lady has already cleared her throat

if we cant get rid of him he should walk but he wont

money?

think it was top he wont do anything hes a complete clown

If top had anything about him he'd sack RVN tonight but i highly doubt it, woeful appointment, just like Cooper was all rounds off to a pathetic season

nah they wont, Ipswich are still 10 points behind Wolves(if they win tonight), and thats adding a point cos of GD

they dont care, none of them do, theyve not been arsed for weeks, its ****ing shameful

drain the swamp, most of them need to go, they dont care at all, bunch of complete wasters

with how they arent turning up again, its klnda confirmed it to me that i probably wont go to anymore games this season, not unless RVN is sacked or something changes

like really, really

how hes still in charge after this run is a complete farce, like it truly is Top is just ruining this club one decision at a time and some of our fans wonder why they want change

get this clueless clown gone, like tonight

and this is why there is no point even remotely caring or going for the rest of the season

boycotting the rest of the season, if Im honest im tempted too, this season has totally drained me going to games watching the players put in little to no effort at all, the total mismanagement on and off the field dont get me wrong, Ive already renewed my ST for next season, if it looked like the players actually gave a shit then i dont think it would have been as bad, but they strut about like peacocks thinking they are top dogs not a single humble, do the graft player in that squad, yet they are still getting paid X amount a week and we have to put time, effort money into watching them

once you pop you cant stop sunshine

excuse me? they must be really smoking something good at the club, what development? going backwards

fairytale like yeah its way beyond what any forest fan expected but come on its not like what happened here in that 15/16 season that forest team cost what 3/4 times what our title winning team did dont get me wrong, what they are doing this season is good but as ive said previous, no one will remember it outside of notthingham, unlike the LCFC title achievement perspective

is it bad i cant be arsed to go to anymore games this season now?

total failure? come on, giving total failures a bad name by saying that, id say worse because everyone can see the mess except for him