EXCLUSIVE: Brendan Rodgers IS the man to revive the fortunes of bottom side Leicester, insists former Foxes striker Emile Heskey – but they must ‘fight in every game’ to arrest their slump
- Emile Heskey has backed Brendan Rodgers to turn things around at Leicester
- The Northern Irishman’s side are currently bottom of the Premier League table
- But former Foxes striker Heskey insists he has ‘faith’ in Rodgers to improve things
- He claims they should be targeting seven points from their next five matches
Emile Heskey has backed Brendan Rodgers to turn things around at struggling Leicester.
The Midlands side are currently bottom of the Premier League table, already four points adrift from safety, with just one league win all season.
Former Foxes striker Heskey insisted to Sportsmail in an exclusive interview that Rodgers is the man to turn things around – but added that they need to ‘fight’ every single game to get their way out of trouble.
Emile Heskey backed Brendan Rodgers (above) to turn things around at struggling Leicester
The Foxes are currently bottom of the Premier League table, and are four points adrift of safety
He said: ‘Brendan Rodgers is having a difficult time but I still have faith he is the man to bring us out of that. It’s been tough for him. We’ve got to get back to that graft and being hard to beat and break down.
‘This is the thing about Leicester and Leicester people, we’re grafters. We want that fight back, to be a dogged side.
‘I still think he is the man to bring us out of this hole, but you can’t get any more cut adrift – once that happens it becomes mentally draining on the players. The next five games are very important, seven points from them and you’re happy.
Supporters are frustrated with the situation at the club, with some calling for Rodgers’ exit
Ex-Foxes striker Emile Heskey told Sportsmail in an exclusive interview that Rodgers is the right man to revive their fortunes
‘When we played Forest in the local derby, everyone was up for it and seemed like they were giving that bit more and that bit extra. You want that fight in every game, it shouldn’t just be in a derby.’
Leicester’s only top-flight victory this campaign came in a 4-0 thrashing of Nottingham Forest in…