Leicester are targeting at least three new signings in summer with boss Brendan Rodgers insisting the club cannot be ‘frightened’ to let first-team stars leave after struggling this season
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers is seeking a ‘healthy shake-up’ this summer The Foxes are tenth in the Premier League, 12 points off seventh-place West HamThey could let Youri Tielemans leave, while Harvey Barnes is attracting interestLeicester want to sign a centre-back, midfielder and an attacker in the summer
Leicester are targeting at least three new players this summer and may be willing to let current first-teamers leave as part of the ‘healthy shake-up’ sought by boss Brendan Rodgers.
The Foxes are still in contention to win the first European trophy in their history and face PSV Eindhoven over two legs in the Europa Conference League quarter-finals later this month, with the winner taking on either Norwegians Bodo Glimt or Jose Mourinho’s Roma for a place in the Final.
Yet for a variety of reasons, Rodgers’ men have struggled to reach the standards of the previous two campaigns, when they twice finished fifth in the Premier League and also won the FA Cup last year.
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers (left) wants a ‘healthy shake-up’ as the club targets three signings this summer
Ahead of Saturday’s trip to Manchester United, Leicester are 12 points behind West Ham in seventh, meaning their best route back to Europe is to win the Conference League and earn a spot in the Europa League as a result.
An injury list that has left – at different times – Jamie Vardy, Jonny Evans, Wesley Fofana, Wilfred Ndidi, James Justin, Timothy Castagne and Ricardo Pereira on the sidelines has hampered Leicester’s ambitions, while none of last summer’s signings have made a…