Nigel Pearson signed players Jamie Vardy and Rihad Mahrez .
He was replaced at Leicester City by Claudio Ranieri , who took Leicester to the Premier League title the following year as 5000-1 outsiders , a feat for which Pearson was given partial credit by many supporters for the momentum of surviving relegation the previous season as well as for signing crucial players Jamie Vardy and Rihad Mahrez for comparatively small prices.  : //www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36286522