Leicester City to press ahead with transfer revamp as Brendan Rodgers makes Europe vow

Signing players with “new hunger” to add to a Leicester City squad motivated by their Europa Conference League exit will see the club fighting for the European positions again next season, manager Brendan Rodgers has said.

Not only did City’s hopes of lifting a European trophy end on Thursday night at Roma, but so did their chance of qualifying for continental football for the third year running. Rodgers has previously said he wants to shake up his squad and give it a fresh look, but he also wants those who remain to use the defeat to Roma as a spark to get back into Europe.

There could be five or six new faces at the club this summer, with a new centre-back, box-to-box midfielder, and right winger the priorities. But it is likely there will also be departures to help fund that business, including a mixture of first-team stars like Youri Tielemans to those on the fringes.

The manager said on his summer plans: “It is trying to keep hold of our core players and adding players who can come in and add to the team. The lads have been together for a period of time which is great so they learn and develop, but you always need a freshness and a new hunger and new quality into the team. Hopefully we can do that.

“I just think it is having more goals in the team all around. That is important. Any team needs to have goals from different areas of the field. That is definitely something we need to target in the summer."

He added: “I think it is one where certainly a lot of the players will have felt the joy and experience of playing nights in Europe. You see the likes of James Maddison how good he has been over the two legs. He is a player with personality and quality. He deserves that opportunity. Hopefully the players will go away