Football fans were stunned this morning as Fulham announced they had replaced the manager who had got them promoted to the Premier League, Slavisa Jokanovic, with the charismatic Claudio Ranieri.
Ranieri, of course, is most well-known for leading Leicester to the most surprising of Premier League title wins in 2016 but his most recent spell in football management was in France, with Nantes. Now he is back in the Premier League to some people’s delight and other’s bemusement.
FulhamJon on Twitter said: “Well we are either going to win the league or get relegated.”
Meanwhile, a whole host of Fulham fans were gutted at the sacking of Jokanovic, a man who turned their club around and lead them to the Premier League via the play-offs last season.
AK said: “@Jokanovic you bought back happy, flowing football to @FulhamFC. You & your staff stuck with making Fulham an attractive team to watch & I for one loved it. You took us to
Wembley & got us to the BPL. Very sad to see you leave. All the best Slav. “
Patrick Dodds was not pleased: “No respect for the best manager we’ve had in near 10 years. Very poorly done.”
Meanwhile, Adam Norton shared a similar sentiment and thanked Fulham’s departed gaffer: “Whether you wanted him gone or not, Joka will go down in our record books. Did an excellent job getting us from relegation contenders to promotion favourites. We at Fulham, thank you for everything you've done @Jokanovic”
@RealistYahz on Twitter was full of praise about this appointment: ”What a signing to be honest. Even Fulham have more intent than Manchester United”
