Former Leicester Metropolis supervisor Craig Shakespeare has died on the age of 60, his household introduced on Thursday.
Shakespeare, who additionally briefly held a training place with the English nationwide workforce in 2016, died peacefully surrounded by household in response to a press release launched on behalf of his household by the League Managers’ Affiliation.
He was recognized with most cancers final October.
Within the 2015-16 season, Shakespeare served as Claudio Ranieri’s assistant throughout Leicester Metropolis’s outstanding Premier League title victory and acquired the primary job in early 2017.
Nevertheless, he was dismissed in October of the identical 12 months because the workforce struggled with a poor begin to the season.
Shakespeare then continued his profession as an assistant supervisor with Everton, Watford, Aston Villa, and Norwich.
His most up-to-date position was as assistant head coach at Leicester, the place he served below Dean Smith from April 2023. Nevertheless, his short-term contract was not renewed following the membership’s relegation from the Premier League.
