Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers quashes rumours of a move to Arsenal
Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers quashes rumours of a move to Arsenal citing that the Foxes have an exciting project underway that he wishes to remain a part of.
The Northern Ireland native has been heavily linked with a switch to the Gunners following the sacking of head coach Unai Emery midweek.
Leicester have been extremely impressive under Rodgers so far, sitting in 2nd place in the Premier League and having won their last five games.
His statement comes following Leicester’s last gasp 2-1 win over Everton in which Rodgers once again enhanced his reputation.
His decision to bring on young striker Kelechi Iheanacho changed the game as the Nigerian set up a Jamie Vardy goal before scoring the winner in dying minutes of the game.
The Foxes boss spoke on the rumours of him suggesting that he could be a potential candidate to become the new head coach at Arsenal but he stated his willingness to stay at the club.
Rodgers said that he left his boyhood club Celtic in February to join Leicester as they showed tremendous ambition and to help the club break into the top six, which they are doing spectacularly well thus far.
Star striker Jamie Vardy has been getting a lot of praise as Rodgers seems to have utilised him excellently and as have the other attackers since Leicester have been dynamic going forward.
However, it is their defence that has surprised this season having only conceded 9 goals in 14 games – the best defensive record in the league and 3 ahead of league leaders Liverpool.
Despite him stating his desire to stay, the bookies have the former Liverpool boss as one of the favourites, with odds of him taking over at Arsenal at 6/1.
Only a few managers have shorter odds, with the likes of Massimiliano Allegri, Mikel Arteta and current Arsenal caretaker manager Freddie Ljunbjerg.
The former Arsenal player endured a difficult start to his managerial debut, with his side having to come back twice to draw 2-2 away at 19th placed Norwich.
This now extends a horrible run of form of not winning in their last 8 games in all competitions, which have hampered their chances of qualifying to the Champions League next season.
The Swede did only have one training session with the group of players ahead of the fixture so his impact on the squad can hardly be measured.
The Gunners still sit in 8th place and are 7 points adrift of the top four places which would give them automatic qualification to the Champions League.
