Brendan Rodgers Concedes Youri Tielemans Could Leave Leicester As Arsenal Interest Mounts
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Youri Tielemans could be leaving Leicester City this summer according to Brendan Rodgers as interests for the midfielder keeps pouring.
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The 24 year old Belgium midfielder is a possible departure from the King Power Stadium according to Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers.
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The former Anderlecht youth product moved to England to team up with Brendan Rodgers’ side on an initial loan in 2019 before making the move permanent a season later.
Tielemans scored the winner in the FA Cup final defeat of Chelsea last season to hand Leicester their first trophy since winning the Premier League in 2016 under Claudio Ranieri.
With interest from Arsenal and a few other clubs from across Europe, Rodgers has now admitted the midfielder could be moving on.
Rodgers according to talkSPORT said: “He is at an age and at a stage in his contract where he has to ensure he looks at every option. I would love it to be here at Leicester, that is natural, but I understand it’s a very short career.
“For players it’s about ambition, the challenge and sometimes it’s about a different environment. We have seen it before many times.
“Teams have won the Champions League and the player will move on. That’s the nature of it. For me, I can only worry about keeping improving him as a player, keeping him focused and letting everything else be taken care of.
“We have a close relationship, it’s really strong. I made a commitment to him when I first came in that we would improve him as a player and he believes in the environment.
“Once the player is committed, focused and professional it’s never a worry for me. With Youri you can see his joy of being here, he loves being here and you have to respect these guys’ careers are short.”
Rodgers explained the players sometimes want new challenges and thus put the club in a situation whereby they have no option than to respect their decisions.
“You always have to, that is key. I have said it before about the pipeline of players. You always have to be looking ahead, that’s important. Sometimes it happens unexpectedly,” he said.
“Other times you know where the situation is at. We will always look for the type of player who suits how we work, it’s always been the case and it will be the same with any player in any position.
“If we are going to lose one we have to be ready for the next one to come in.”
Tielemans has scored 23 goals in 131 games for the Foxes since joining in 2019.
Meanwhile…
Burnley’s Premier League game against Leicester City this weekend has been called off due to Covid-19 cases and injuries in the camp of the Clarets.
The Premier League accepted the request of Burnley as they have an insufficient number of players available for the clash.
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A league statement said: “The Premier League Board accepted Burnley’s application as the club does not have the required number of players available for the match (13 outfield players and one goalkeeper), due to COVID-19 cases and injuries.”
Burnley already have played the lowest number of games this season with 17 and now have four games in hand while Leicester are now unable to play a Premier League game for the third time in a row.
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