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Leicester City sack manager Brendan Rodgers

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Leicester City sack manager Brendan Rodgers

Premier League club Leicester City have parted ways with manager Brendan Rodgers. The Foxes had picked up just one point in their last six league games and lost to second division side Blackburn in the FA Cup. The champion of 2016 is threatened with relegation.

Leicester had tried for a long time with the Northern Irishman, although the whole season is already going badly. Since the start of the season, Rodgers’ team has been stuck at the bottom of the table.

After the 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace, which was also threatened with relegation (30 points, 12th place), the Foxes ultimately decided to part ways. Palace had achieved this important victory directly after a change of manager: in the first game after the comeback of coach Roy Hodgson.

Rodgers had coached the team since February 27, 2019, and his contract would have run until 2025.

Leicester City owners: ‘We were convinced of continuity and stability’

Leicester City’s Thailand boss Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha explains in a club statement why they had waited so long despite a poor season: “We believed that continuity and stability would be the key to a course correction, especially given our previous successes under Brendans Management. Regrettably, the desired improvement has not materialised, so with ten games left of the season the board are forced to take alternative measures to safeguard our Premier League status.” In the games, everyone in the club environment should fight for relegation.

The Premier League table: Leicester City on the brink

Place team games T GT +/- Points
1 Arsenal FC 29 70 27 +43 72
2 Manchester City 28 71 26 +45 64
3 Manchester United 26 41 35 +6 50
4 Tottenham Hotspur 28 52 40 +12 49
5 Newcastle United 26 39 19 +20 47
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 26 49 34 +15 43
7 Brentford FC 28 46 37 +9 43
8th Liverpool FC 27 48 33 +15 42
9 AstonVilla 28 37 39 -2 41
10 Fulham FC 28 39 39 +0 39
11 Chelsea FC 28 29 30 -1 38
12 Crystal Palace 29 24 39 -15 30
13 Wolverhampton Wall… 29 23 42 -19 28
14 Nottingham Forest 28 23 50 -27 27
15 AFC Bournemouth 28 27 55 -28 27
16 LeedsUnited 28 36 48 -12 26
17 Everton FC 28 22 40 -18 26
18 Leicester City 28 39 49 -10 25
19 West Ham United 26 24 34 -10 24
20 Southampton F.C 28 23 46 -23 23

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