Brendan Rodgers looking towards summer shake-up after Leicester fall short

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers is already looking forward to a summer reset and an overhaul of his underperforming squad.

The Foxes’ season effectively ended from a competitive point of view following last week’s Europa Conference League semi-final loss to Roma.

City still have four Premier League fixtures to fulfil, beginning at home to relegated Norwich on Wednesday evening, and can yet secure a top-half finish.

While Rodgers wants a strong end to a largely forgettable league campaign, he is also heavily invested in planning for the upcoming transfer window.

“Our notion for this season is really to finish the season as strong as we can,” he said.

“I’m looking forward to the summer already to reset and go again.

“The expectations have really increased because of the performance level over these last couple of years and of course when that increases, the disappointment increases.

“But I’ve always got the bigger picture of where this club was at and where we’re at now and the expectations that are there.

“We’re very focused on the summer in terms of improving the squad.

“I said it needs a healthy shake-up, which most clubs always do around this period of time. You want to keep your core players, of course, but you want to add quality.

“We don’t have masses of money but we want to bring in players that are ready to adapt to how we want to work.”

Rodgers guided the club to successive fifth-placed finishes in his first two full seasons in charge, in addition to winning the FA Cup last year.

Leicester are currently in 14th position on the back of a five-game winless run following Sunday’s 2-1 home loss to relegated-threatened Everton.

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