"He [Van Nistelrooy] used a word that I really don't like in this situation: hope. Hope does not keep you in the Premier League. You can't keep picking the same team and crossing your fingers before you go out. It's just going to be the same as what we've seen.

Ruud van Nistelrooy insists he plans to remain with Leicester regardless of whether or not they're relegated from the Premier League with his contract committing him to the club for two more years

Leicester City are just five points from safety and not yet as far back as they were a decade ago, but there are factors that suggest their current situation is more dire