Brendan Rodgers fired by relegation-threatened Leicester

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Relegation-threatened Leicester fired supervisor Brendan Rodgers on Sunday in a late-season transfer to protect its Premier League standing.

Rodgers, who has been in cost for 4 years, leaves with the workforce having dropped to third-to-last place with 10 league matches remaining.

“It had been our belief that continuity and stability would be key to correcting our course, particularly given our previous achievements under Brendan’s management,” Leicester City Chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha stated.

“Regrettably, the desired improvement has not been forthcoming and, with 10 games of the season remaining, the board is compelled to take alternative action to protect our Premier League status.”

Rodgers, who beforehand managed Liverpool and Celtic, was employed in February 2019 to interchange Claude Puel with Leicester’s possession hoping he might get the workforce difficult the heavyweights of the league once more — like they famously did in successful the 2015-16 title regardless of preseason odds of 5,000-1.

Under Rodgers, Leicester secured back-to-back Europa League {qualifications} and received its first FA Cup title in 2021, earlier than ending out of the European spots in eighth place in 2021-22.

This season has been a wrestle, with Rodgers not helped by the membership’s belt-tightening within the switch market that noticed just one outfield participant be part of in the summertime switch window.

Only two groups have conceded greater than Leicester’s 49 targets within the league.

“The task ahead of us in our final 10 games is clear,” Srivaddhanaprabha stated. “We now need to come together — fans, players and staff — and show the poise, quality and fight to secure our position as a Premier League club.”