Brendan Rodgers: Leicester boss only focused on Foxes following Tottenham link

Last updated on 21 November 2019.From the section Leicester201

Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers said he has never considered leaving the club following reports he was wanted by Tottenham to replace Mauricio Pochettino.

Spurs appointed Jose Mourinho as Pochettino's successor on Wednesday.

However, it had been claimed that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy had first made an enquiry about Rodgers' availability.

"There is nothing to talk about on it," the ex-Liverpool manager said.

"The only thing I will say is I was very happy here at Leicester, I've literally just joined the club in February.

"Everything has been great since we've been in. We have a project here that we want to develop over the next number of years."

Rodgers has had an impressive impact on the Foxes since arriving from Celtic, with the club currently sat second in the Premier League.

He added: "What happens in football now is that if you go through times when you're doing well and you work well, everyone wants to take you away from that.

"I'm very happy in my professional life. I'm very happy in my life personally in Leicestershire, it's a great place to live and work and we have created a real unity here at the club.

"In my time here that is what I'll aim to do. How long that will be you can never tell but I am very happy to be here."

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Comment posted by D1710626747853, at 17:35 21 Nov 2019
Spurs link? Poch was sacked Tuesday night, Mourinho was announced at about 6am the very next day. Who on earth was linking him to Spurs as all the papers would've been printed before they knew what was going on.

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it was Sky Sports. And nearly all of their links are complete horse manure made purely to drive traffic onto their very own gambling site. Wake up!
Comment posted by Brian T Davies, at 17:13 21 Nov 2019
Brendan Rogers “the Scottish manager”????

Obviously year 10 work experience children acting as sub-editors this week.

CLUE: the fact someone last worked in Scotland does not make them Scottish. Eg Jose Mourinho is not a Mancunian

No doubt they will edit the story to change Rogers nationality shortly and this will make no sense.
Comment posted by Sir Shep, at 17:33 21 Nov 2019
Maybe 5 years ago you’d leave Leicester for Spurs, but not these days.
Comment posted by Bruisedbanana22, at 17:13 21 Nov 2019
Brendan McRodgers that fine haggis consuming fellow. Whoever wrote this article should be ashamed when their wages come in a week today. We pay TV licence to pay the wages of these buffoons. Think about that people, job for the boys as usual.
Comment posted by Phil_, at 19:51 21 Nov 2019
Re: 68. BJ5, "Why would Spurs want Rodgers? He has never won a trophy in his entire career".
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Hasn't he won 7 club trophies and some personal awards too, including the LMA Manager Of The Year? Back to the drawing board for you.
Comment posted by D1710537163481, at 17:19 21 Nov 2019
I'm not trying to troll Tottenham here, but if I were a manager I wouldn't want to leave the brilliant recruiting and backroom setup they have over at Leicester to go work under Daniel Levy. From a Managerial standpoint I'd think Leicester would be a much more attractive proposition right now, taking nothing away from Tottenham as a club of course
Comment posted by James Cole, at 18:04 21 Nov 2019
Why would he go to a lesser club? When was the last time that Spurs won a league title?
Comment posted by Hot Bovril Cold Pie, at 17:36 21 Nov 2019
Olly might be in a more high profile job but Rodgers is a far better manager and suited to Leicester, Maguire must regret his move to OT but no doubt the extra money comes in handy.
Comment posted by Positively 4th Street, at 18:13 21 Nov 2019
I'm a Leicester fan.
In most ways, Spurs are a bigger club than us, but we're probably as close to them now as we've ever been. Not surprised if Rodgers was sounded out, that's the way the World works. I'd be mightily disappointed to lose a manager to Spurs though, which shows how much we've grown under our Thai owners. Anyway, glad we retain BR, he has been a breathe of fresh air after Puel.
Comment posted by markitect, at 17:25 21 Nov 2019
Pretty sure that Brendan is not Scottish! ‘Kin ‘ell BBC, if you can’t even get the absolute basics right . . !!
Comment posted by Socialism is the only answer, at 17:35 21 Nov 2019
Spurs are the not the team in white he is waiting for, he believes he's the Real deal, straight from the horse's mouth.
Comment posted by Don-t tell him Pike, at 17:15 21 Nov 2019
Spurs are light years away from performing at Leicester’s level right now. No-brainier for Rodgers.
Comment posted by Peregrine, at 17:10 21 Nov 2019
He's Irish....
Comment posted by Stephen, at 18:14 21 Nov 2019
As a Foxes fan we are basking in the Rodgers dream currently.Like all good things it will not last, but apart from Wenger & Fergie the lifespan of the modern successful manager is around 3-5 years.If we get that then great & then the baton will pass hopefully to another successful manager.This is what all the larger clubs hope to do...so we are no different.
Comment posted by Depeche1966, at 22:14 21 Nov 2019
Levy said to Rodgers, " I want you to manage a team tat has flair, plays glorious attacking football and has a strong defence " Rodgers replied "I will stay at Leicester then me old mucker " !!!
Comment posted by Cham9ions, at 17:30 21 Nov 2019
Glad to hear it, Leicester stole a good one there 🍀
Comment posted by Rob, at 17:24 21 Nov 2019
Good for Rodgers. He has really got something going at Leicester in a club with a management that seem to care for club and supporters and some great players who are gelling. He was criticised when leaving Celtic but little chance of doing better there as top stars are unlikely to want to go there due to lack of competition in depth. Plenty of scope at Leicester.
Comment posted by trufflepig, at 20:49 21 Nov 2019
Jose was probably signed up before Poch was sacked. Rodgers was never in line for job. What a waste of an article BBC!!!
Comment posted by BlueStig, at 19:00 21 Nov 2019
@38 rospur

Leicester are not and wont ever be at tottenhams level, much smaller club
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Tottenham are not and wont ever be Premier League Champions.
Comment posted by saddletramp , at 17:34 21 Nov 2019
Really surprised at Rodgers comments.

I expected him to say "absolutely gutted,i had my heart set on the Spurs job,i've been a fan of the club since i saw Danny Blanchflower tell Eamonn Andrews to stick his big red book where the sun don't shine"