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Yannick Westergaard has been banished from coaching the first team at Leicester City after an unauthorized interview

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Leicester City defender Yannick Westergaard has been banned from first-team training after manager Brendan Rodgers was questioned. The 30-year-old has not started a league match since January 2022 and has made just three appearances in domestic cup competitions this season. But the Denmark international backed down further after describing his lack of participation as “bizarre” in an unauthorized interview with a newspaper back home. He told EkstraBladet earlier this month: “I really felt Brendan Rodgers was wanted. While I was at Southampton he really convinced me that I should go…

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Mark Bullingham: The FA is ready to ease GBE restrictions – allowing Premier League clubs to sign players early

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Chief executive Mark Bullingham says the Football Association is ready to ease Governing Bodies Endorsement (GBE) restrictions to allow more Premier League clubs to recruit players early. But the FA is also concerned that the influx of new players could limit the path to the first team for English footballers. Post-Brexit, the introduction of the GBE in January 2021 has significantly impacted people who can be recruited from outside the UK. Clubs can no longer take talent from Europe under the age of 18 and the points tally now decides…

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Youri Tielemans injury ‘doesn’t look good’ – Leicester coach Brendan Rodgers

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Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers says Yori Tielemans’ injury “doesn’t look good”, as the midfielder awaits scan results. Tielemans suffered a left ankle injury after landing awkwardly during Saturday’s 1-0 home defeat by Arsenal. The 25-year-old came on as a substitute in the second half and completed the match. But Rodgers was asked about Tielemans’ fitness on Monday after the Belgium international was seen on crutches and protective boots as he left the King Power Stadium. “We are just waiting for the results of the scan for Yuri and he…

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Ornstein: Mount talks on hold, Rashford deal boost, Krosche in Liverpool frame

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Chelsea’s faltering campaign suffered its latest setback on Saturday as they were beaten at home by bottom-of-the-table Southampton: they remain 10th in the Premier League with 15 games still to play. One of the many issues facing the new ownership at Stamford Bridge concerns Mason Mount, the homegrown talent and England international midfielder whose deal is due to expire in June 2024. Negotiations between Chelsea and Mount over a new contract have not yet led to an agreement, with several offers made last summer and in the autumn rejected by…

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English clubs are responsible for more than half of all transfer fees in the January window

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English football clubs spent more than half of global transfer fees worldwide in the January transfer window, according to FIFA International Transfer Snapshot. The 2023 report says teams in England topped the money spent table in January, with a total of $898.6m (£739.5m) spent, accounting for 57.3 per cent of total spending globally. France followed in second place with total spending of £108.5m. A record number of transfers also occurred during the January transfer window across the men’s and women’s matches.A total of 4,387 transfers were completed in the men’s…

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Jack Harrison, Leicester’s doctor and the night Leeds pulled the plug

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Jack Harrison’s appearance at Accrington Stanley on Saturday left everyone watching as he read between the lines. There was no celebration when he buried the first goal in Leeds United’s 3-0 FA Cup victory, just a deadpan reaction to a classy shot. There was a smile, a chat, and a hug with Jesse Marsh when he was substituted in the second half, which was way more affectionate than what a head coach usually shows in the heat of battle. Was Harrison staying or was he going? Does any of this…

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Fear runs high at Leicester – a club of frustrated contrasts

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Leicester City has become a club of contrasts. A club that had long been a model for ambitious clubs chasing the ‘Big Six’ has now been overtaken by some of its middle-class rivals. Not much – moving upwards as standing still – if not going in the opposite direction. A club that was confident of its identity, but now seems unsure of its direction. A club that wanted to invest in its future, with the opening of a modern £100m training ground in 2020 and planning a larger construction project…

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Leicester need more than just two signings in January

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Leicester City have largely ignored the past four transfer windows. They cannot ignore what is now becoming the most significant mid-season window since the Great Escape season in 2014-15. Brendan Rodgers has said he wants to include a left-back and a right-winger in this window, having not signed a permanent contract in the January window since becoming Leicester manager in 2019. The centre-back also has to be on his shopping list, which means head of recruitment Martyn Glover’s inbox is starting to pile up – two or three signings are…

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Claudio Ranieri took on his 23rd coaching role after returning to Serie B club Cagliari

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Claudio Ranieri has taken up his 23rd coaching position after returning to Serie B club Cagliari. Ranieri, 71, last coached Watford in the English Premier League last season before being sacked in January this year. He signed a contract with Cagliari until June 2025. The Italian returns to Cagliari after more than 30 years coaching elsewhere in Italy, England, France and Spain. Ranieri took over the Italian team in 1988 and led them from the third division to Serie A with successive promotions, before then moving to Napoli in 1991.…

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Andrej Kramaric at Leicester: The unrealized potential of a future World Cup star

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Andrej Kramaric was scouted by Leicester City for two years before eventually landing his player on a club record deal in 2015. A year later, after only 20 matches and four goals, he was gone. His stay at Leicester was the only blemish on a productive career. He has scored 55 goals in just 65 appearances for Rijeka in his native Croatia, enough to prompt Leicester to spend over £9m to bring him to the Premier League, and since joining Hofheim, initially on loan, he has scored 106 goals in…

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