Ex-Norwich City boss Dean Smith will not make any rash decisions on his future after failing to keep Leicester City in the Premier League.

Smith was only hired for a late season firefighting mission but endured top flight relegation for the second consecutive season, following the Canaries’ demise 12 months ago.

The former Brentford and Aston Villa head coach returned to the game in the East Midlands four months after his City dismissal at the turn of this year.

Smith now plans talks with Leicester chairman Aiyawatt ‘Khun Top’ Srivaddhanaprabha, but tips the Foxes to bounce straight back.

“We haven’t spoken about anything beyond the eight games,” he said. “I will speak to Top, who I have an awful lot of respect for over the next couple of days and commiserate with him because the time and effort I’ve seen that he puts into this football club is there for all to see. Certainly to the people who work here.

“I’m not even thinking about my future at the moment. It is really raw getting relegated right now.

“I’ll go away and reflect on it and I will obviously speak to Jon (Rudkin, director of football) and Top.

“I can only really look at my seven weeks and eight games here and reflect on that, and I always felt when coming in it was going to be tough.

“I felt the confidence was low, the belief was low, and we’d need 11 points at least to stay up.

“I think ultimately, it was 11 points (to survive) and we only got nine, so in that regard, I failed.

“But in terms of turning around confidence and belief, I think, yes, we got that, but we’ve left a couple of points out there which unfortunately has cost us.

“The Everton game obviously is a big moment because if you win that you take two points off them and go two points ahead of them as well.”

James Maddison had a spot kick saved in a 2-2 home draw with the Toffees, who stayed up at Leicester’s expense with a final day 1-0 home win over Bournemouth.

“It feels raw now, it hurts and everybody will be devastated,” said Smith. “But with the infrastructure it’s got, it will bounce back.

“There have been plenty of clubs over time that have had knocks and your job is to then to bounce back and make sure you improve on the things that you felt let you down and I have no doubts that the club will.

“There’s good people working here and great support. My four (home) games have certainly been really enjoyable, apart from the Liverpool defeat, obviously. But from what I have seen at the club I see no reason why it can’t bounce back.”