Ruud van Nistelrooy arrived at Leicester’s Seagrave training ground for the first time on Sunday for a debrief and training.
Caretaker boss Ben Dawson gave the new manager an overview following Saturday’s wretched 4-1 defeat at Brentford, which Van Nistelrooy watched from the stands.
The overall, immediate challenge he faces is to unite a fractured club which has already started to split.
Mads Hermansen and Bobby de Cordova-Reid, an unused substitute, were among the few players who ventured over to the away support on Saturday.
The others kept their distance following chants of “you’re not fit to wear the shirt” from the away end at Gtech Community Stadium. The defeat also followed the Christmas party in Copenhagen, with their behaviour criticised by the supporters and the club.
Fans also sang against director of football Jon Rudkin, who has overseen appointing four managers in the past 20 months.
Results elsewhere went for the Foxes so their position in 16th went unchanged, but with so many games in the lead-up to Christmas the table at the bottom could look drastically different come the new year.
Van Nistelrooy, who faces the media later on Monday, will take charge for the first time when West Ham come to King Power Stadium on Tuesday and needs quick results to repair the widening gap between the club and the fanbase.