Brendan Rodgers has left his position as Leicester supervisor after 4 years on the membership.
Rodgers, who led Leicester to their first FA Cup success in 2021, departs with the Foxes within the relegation zone after Jean-Philippe Mateta’s last-gasp winner at Crystal Palace on Saturday inflicted a fifth league defeat in six video games.
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Highlights from Crystal Palace’s match with Leicester – Brendan Rodgers’ final match in command of the Foxes
Sky Sports activities Information understands talks between Leicester bosses and Rodgers passed off on Sunday morning when it was agreed it was finest for all events that he go away his position with speedy impact.
A membership assertion learn: “Leicester Metropolis Soccer Membership has reached a mutual settlement with Brendan Rodgers that can see him go away the membership after 4 years as our males’s first crew supervisor.
“Brendan departs King Energy Stadium as one of the profitable managers within the membership’s historical past, having guided us to our long-awaited first FA Cup triumph in 2021, the FA Group Defend in the identical 12 months, two of the membership’s three highest Premier League finishes and consecutive European campaigns, together with our first European semi-final in 2022.”
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Kris Boyd recreated an iconic Thierry Henry second upon listening to the information that Brendan Rodgers had left Leicester Metropolis.
First-team coaches Adam Sadler and Mike Stowell will take “speedy duty” for managing the crew, who play Aston Villa on Tuesday on the King Energy Stadium.
Dorsett: No alternative lined up for Rodgers
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Rob Dorset breaks down Leicester Metropolis’s resolution to half firm with Brendan Rodgers and discusses who might be subsequent for the membership.
Sky Sports activities Information senior reporter Rob Dorsett:
“I believe they’ve agonised an terrible lot over this resolution. This isn’t a straightforward resolution for Leicester to have made. I believe in reality numerous Premier League golf equipment would have pulled the set off earlier such has been Leicester’s poor kind.
“He’s very extremely considered Brendan Rodgers within the Leicester hierarchy and highly regarded within the fan base.
“There was a sense that Brendan Rodgers was constructing one thing for the long-term at Leicester with all their ambitions to compete with the largest golf equipment within the Premier League within the years to come back.
“Nevertheless, it feels to me that that is very a lot a choice that Leicester’s bosses have taken for the short-term quite than the long-term. They felt as if the slide when it comes to performances could not proceed.
“They’ve taken this resolution with a heavy coronary heart and my understanding is that they gave Rodgers each probability to show issues round and that he had earned that probability to show issues round.
“My understanding is that Leicester don’t have a ready-made alternative lined up and there’s no particular timeframe that they’re working to when it comes to discovering somebody to take over from him.”
‘Soccer could be merciless’ – Rodgers’ ultimate phrases as Leicester boss
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Leicester Metropolis supervisor, Brendan Rodgers described his facet’s defeat at Crystal Palace as ‘merciless’ – a sport which proved to be his final in command of the membership.
Brendan Rodgers advised Sky Sports activities after the defeat at Palace:
“Soccer could be merciless. There wasn’t quite a bit within the sport. We began the second half rather well and scored a improbable purpose. It was a debatable free-kick however [Eberechi Eze] finishes it effectively.
“After that we stopped enjoying actually after which there wasn’t an excessive amount of created. The ultimate moments of the sport you want that little bit of focus and you want to be sturdy and resolute.
“Sadly we gave them an excessive amount of area however we definitely by no means deserved that and I really feel for the gamers. It feels actually harsh to have misplaced the sport.
“We aren’t on the peak of our confidence however the gamers have proven resilience as we speak and the consequence on the finish, there may be ache there. However we’ve got to make use of that going into our subsequent sport on Tuesday.”
Leicester’s remaining fixtures
April 4: Aston Villa (H) – Premier League, kick-off 7.45pm
April 8: Bournemouth (H) – Premier League, kick-off 3pm
April 15: Man Metropolis (A) – Premier League, kick-off 5.30pm, stay on Sky Sports activities
April 22: Wolves (H) – Premier League, kick-off 3pm
April 25: Leeds (H) – Premier League, kick-off 8pm
Could 1: Everton (H) – Premier League, kick-off 8pm, stay on Sky Sports activities
Could 8: Fulham (A) – Premier League, kick-off 3pm
Could 13: Liverpool (H) – Premier League, kick-off 3pm
Could 20: Newcastle (A) – Premier League, kick-off 3pm
Could 28: West Ham (H) – Premier League, kick-off 4.30pm