Former Leicester player Ulloa on Ranieri: “He’s a good manager, but as a person he’s a disaster. I told him I’d never play for him again”
Goal | 17.03.2026 04:20
"So I told him I wasn’t having any of it; I went into his office and he told me he didn’t know about it, that it was a matter for the club. I had a right go at him. He actually wanted me to stay because Slimani and Mahrez were due to leave mid-season for the Africa Cup of Nations. When I realised that, I went to Ranieri and told him: ‘I’ll never play for you again, neither now nor in December when you’ll need me.’ From that moment on, things started to go downhill. It wasn’t Leicester who treated me badly, but Ranieri.I told him I didn’t care; I basically stopped training and started feeling discomfort in my quadriceps. I stuck to my programme with the club but didn’t train. I spoke to the dressing room leaders, explaining that it wasn’t against them or a team issue, but that I didn’t want to play for that manager anymore and didn’t want anything more to do with it.”
