Under-pressure Brendan Rodgers keen to finish Leicester ‘journey’

Brendan Rodgers has reiterated his desire to continue working as Leicester manager.

The Northern Irishman has been in charge of the Foxes since February 2019 and guided them to successive fifth-placed Premier League finishes in the last two seasons, plus winning the 2020-21 FA Cup.

They are currently 11th and exited this term’s FA Cup with a 4-1 loss at Nottingham Forest earlier this month. That was part of a run of five matches without a win halted by Thursday’s 4-1 home victory over Danish side Randers in the first leg of their Europa Conference League play-off.

Rodgers had spoken in the build-up to that game – which they are playing after coming third in their Europa League group – about the love and “big energy” he had for a job he would continue to do “with a smile, until someone tells me differently”.

And when asked, ahead of Sunday’s Premier League trip to Wolves, about talk there has been regarding his position and if he was concerned about his future, Rodgers told a press conference: “I think it’s one where you can only do your best.

“I think we’ve started out on a journey here of which we are nowhere near finished. We’re nearly three years in working together and we’ve made some greats steps going forward.

“Progress isn’t always linear, there’s going to be fits and starts and you don’t need to be a rocket scientist, I think it’s logic, when you see where we are this year, if you look at the players we’ve been missing.

“It’s a challenge in itself to be up there competing when you have all your players fit. But we’ll keep fighting and for me, it’s about returning to our level of football and I know in time we will get to that and we’ll get players back and then that’s all you can do.

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