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Brendan Rodgers hails Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho impact despite draw at Watford

Brendan Rodgers says he’s satisfied with the performance of Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho, and the rest of the team in Saturday’s EPL fixture with Watford. The Super Eagles duo both featured for the team and unfortunately, their best was not enough to help the foxes clinch all the three for the champions league chasing Foxes. Leicester took the lead through Ben Chilwell towards the end of the game, but Dawson hit a sumptuous volley and equalised with the last kick of the game. Speaking after the game, Rodgers said his boys gave their all and deserved to win the game, but believed they luck eluded his side. “I felt we were deserving of the win, especially as the game went on. We showed a really good level of fitness. I thought we had spells where we had great control, Ben Foster made a g...

Report: Manager willing to sell his player for £20m to bring in Celtic ace

According to The Daily Mail, Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers is ready to sell Kelechi Iheanacho to sign Odsonne Edouard from Celtic in the summer transfer window. It has been reported that Celtic value Edouard at £35 million, and that Leicester are planning to sell fellow striker Iheanacho for £20 million to fund a move for the Frenchman this summer. Good signing for Leicester City? Rodgers worked with Edouard when he was in charge of Celtic, and the former Liverpool manager will know all about the former Paris Saint-Germain striker. The 22-year-old scored 28 goals in all competitions for the Hoops this season, according to The Daily Mail, and his all-round game is suited for clubs in the Premier League. Iheanacho is a good striker, but the former Manchester City man has not been ve...

Kelechi Iheanacho returns to training slightly overweight

Kelechi Iheanacho is happy to be back in training after six weeks without football, no thanks to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Super Eagles player shared the picture of himself arriving Leicester City training ground on Wednesday to training. “Good to be back missed everything,” stated the player upon arriving at training, as portrayed by the picture above taken beside his car. Meanwhile the former Manchester City forward could find himself in coach Brenda Roger’s hot water as he appeared overweight with a robust cheek. Iheanacho who has featured in 12 league matches for the Foxes this season must harder in order to be ready for a premier league game in June. Iheanacho has scored 28 goals in 81 appearances for the Foxes since he joined them from Manchester City in 2017. Get more st...

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