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Leicester will not be exploited by Premier League rivals, says Rodgers

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https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2022/08/01/leicester-will-not-be-exploited-by-premier-league-rivals-says-rodgers/

 

Bids for Maddison, Fofana, potentially for Tielemans and inquiries about Barnes rankles Foxes’ boss

 

Leicester City's James Maddison is a target for Newcastle United. File photograph: George Wood/Getty Images
Ben Fisher
Mon Aug 1 2022 - 17:19

Brendan Rodgers has insisted Leicester will not be “exploited” as Premier League rivals continue to chase their players. Chelsea intend to test Leicester’s firm stance that Wesley Fofana is not for sale and Newcastle plan likewise with James Maddison, having had a bid rejected last week of about £40 million (€48 million). Rodgers said that “might just cover three-quarters of his left leg”.

Leicester also expect Arsenal to move for Youri Tielemans but are yet to receive any offers for the Belgium midfielder.

Leicester, despite Rodgers’ keenness to shake up his squad by signing a centre back and a right winger, are the only club in Europe’s top five major leagues yet to make a signing and are in a tricky position where they need to sell before they are able to strengthen. They are, though, determined to retain their prized assets.

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has identified Fofana as his first-choice centre back target after losing out to Barcelona in the race to sign Jules Koundé from Sevilla and failing to re-sign Nathan Aké from Manchester City. Newcastle are keen on Maddison, though Rodgers is adamant neither player is for sale. Newcastle are thought to have inquired about the Leicester winger Harvey Barnes as well.

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“There is, obviously, within the club a financial situation which isn’t ideal in terms of wanting to do business,” Rodgers said. “It doesn’t mean we will be exploited and we don’t want to be losing our best players. You don’t want to lose your best players and then not be able to bring any in. That doesn’t stack up. With James, he is looking the best he has in my time here. His level of confidence, physicality and a player of that talent — there will be interest. He is a joy to work with. I love him as a young guy, seeing him grow from when I first came in to a 25-year-old father; seeing him change in life and his football life. He is really pivotal to us. There is no way I would want to sell him.”

Leicester are yet to receive a bid for Tielemans, who is out of contract next summer but are aware of Mikel Arteta’s longstanding interest. Their captain Kasper Schmeichel is expected to depart this week, with Nice keen on the Denmark goalkeeper.

Schmeichel’s exit would mean the Wales goalkeeper Danny Ward competing with another Dane, Daniel Iversen, who spent the past two seasons on loan at Preston, for the number one spot.

“I know him [Ward] from Liverpool,” Rodgers said. “I’ve always said we’ve got a number-one keeper there. He’s had some issues around his knee but that looks to be behind him now, he’s been training well.” — Guardian

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      That's the fighting spirit we like to see !

 

       Schmeichel       ...        Tielemans        ...       Maddison    ...    (surely no way Little Wes?!)

 

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We need to sell players because we have less money coming in and fewer games to play them all. It's like almost everyone is for sale and we're going to sell a few of them. But because we don't know who's leaving we can't risk buying someone at a different position. Rivals are proactive. We're being reactive. We're a step behind.

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Bid for Maddison is just laughable and nobody in clear mind would take that seriously(yes i have seen that hot topic)

Fofana and Chelsea situation makes more sense, but i am really confident about that. Club is not selling him thats for sure, unless crazy money comes in, which is a win win situation 

people need to chill a little bit in the foxestalk universe 

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1 hour ago, davieG said:

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2022/08/01/leicester-will-not-be-exploited-by-premier-league-rivals-says-rodgers/

 

Bids for Maddison, Fofana, potentially for Tielemans and inquiries about Barnes rankles Foxes’ boss

 

Leicester City's James Maddison is a target for Newcastle United. File photograph: George Wood/Getty Images
Ben Fisher
Mon Aug 1 2022 - 17:19

Brendan Rodgers has insisted Leicester will not be “exploited” as Premier League rivals continue to chase their players. Chelsea intend to test Leicester’s firm stance that Wesley Fofana is not for sale and Newcastle plan likewise with James Maddison, having had a bid rejected last week of about £40 million (€48 million). Rodgers said that “might just cover three-quarters of his left leg”.

Leicester also expect Arsenal to move for Youri Tielemans but are yet to receive any offers for the Belgium midfielder.

Leicester, despite Rodgers’ keenness to shake up his squad by signing a centre back and a right winger, are the only club in Europe’s top five major leagues yet to make a signing and are in a tricky position where they need to sell before they are able to strengthen. They are, though, determined to retain their prized assets.

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has identified Fofana as his first-choice centre back target after losing out to Barcelona in the race to sign Jules Koundé from Sevilla and failing to re-sign Nathan Aké from Manchester City. Newcastle are keen on Maddison, though Rodgers is adamant neither player is for sale. Newcastle are thought to have inquired about the Leicester winger Harvey Barnes as well.

‘I love him’
“There is, obviously, within the club a financial situation which isn’t ideal in terms of wanting to do business,” Rodgers said. “It doesn’t mean we will be exploited and we don’t want to be losing our best players. You don’t want to lose your best players and then not be able to bring any in. That doesn’t stack up. With James, he is looking the best he has in my time here. His level of confidence, physicality and a player of that talent — there will be interest. He is a joy to work with. I love him as a young guy, seeing him grow from when I first came in to a 25-year-old father; seeing him change in life and his football life. He is really pivotal to us. There is no way I would want to sell him.”

Leicester are yet to receive a bid for Tielemans, who is out of contract next summer but are aware of Mikel Arteta’s longstanding interest. Their captain Kasper Schmeichel is expected to depart this week, with Nice keen on the Denmark goalkeeper.

Schmeichel’s exit would mean the Wales goalkeeper Danny Ward competing with another Dane, Daniel Iversen, who spent the past two seasons on loan at Preston, for the number one spot.

“I know him [Ward] from Liverpool,” Rodgers said. “I’ve always said we’ve got a number-one keeper there. He’s had some issues around his knee but that looks to be behind him now, he’s been training well.” — Guardian

It was always going to happen one day, I agree with Brendan 😁

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3 minutes ago, volpeazzurro said:

It was always going to happen one day, I agree with Brendan 😁

Haha agreed, nice to see he's venting frustration outwardly rather than towards his own club/fans.

 

Hopefully he'll use the approaches from other clubs to create a bit of an "us vs them" mentality and give us a bit of an edge, mentally.

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1 hour ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Interesting how this thread gets little interest….

I never thought this refresh involved selling Barnes, Maddison, Fofana etc. As long as they are happy, which they seem to be, we'll keep them here.

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4 minutes ago, smudgerfox said:

“I became aware towards the end of the season of that the club would have to balance its books.” Brendan to the BBC. 
Does he really expect us to believe that? 

There were new UEFA FFP rules announced in April that would come into effect from 23/24 - which is when we would next possibly be in Europe

 

If the club is still aiming for any form of European football then the changes needed to start this summer

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Just now, moore_94 said:

There were new UEFA FFP rules announced in April that would come into effect from 23/24 - which is when we would next possibly be in Europe

 

If the club is still aiming for any form of European football then the changes needed to start this summer

are the FFP rules changing for the EPL as well?

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Promised a massive summer shakeup and ended up losing our first choice goalkeeper, possibly our best inform midfielder and offloaded none of the rubbish. Transfer window Leicester style 😎

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I appreciate the approach and actually hope he doesn't just cut and run because things aren't going his way.

 

Tough it out and tell other clubs to pay up or shut up. Fofana, Madders and Barnes can get us to a top 8 finish (maybe higher). Don't lose those assets. 

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