Brendan Rodgers

Brendan Rodgers has left Leicester City by mutual consent, with the club's last-gasp defeat to Crystal Palace leaving the Foxes in the relegation zone.

He added: “However, performances and results during the current season have been below our shared expectations. Youri Tielemans is out of contract and star midfielder James Maddison is expected to be sold. Sadler and Stowell are expected to take charge of Tuesday’s crucial home match against Villa. The long-serving first-team coach Adam Sadler and goalkeeping coach Mike Stowell will take care of training and match preparation. The chairman said Leicester felt “compelled to take alternative action to protect our Srivaddhanaprabha added Rodgers’s “place in history is assured”.

Leicester City Football Club has reached a mutual agreement with Brendan Rodgers that will see him leave the Club after four years as our Men's First Team ...

- Share via Facebook “The task ahead of us in our final 10 games is clear. Regrettably, the desired improvement has not been forthcoming and, with 10 games of the season remaining, the Board is compelled to take alternative action to protect our Premier League status.

Rodgers follows the likes of Frank Lampard, Patrick Vieira and Antonio Conte.

An 11th departure came at the end of the season as Manchester United’s interim boss Ralf Rangnick, appointed in November to succeed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, left Old Trafford. West Brom and Tottenham’s in-season appointments, Pepe Mel and Tim Sherwood respectively, lasted only until the end of the season and Spurs then lured Mauricio Pochettino from Southampton, taking the season’s final total to 13. West Ham, Everton, Stoke and Swansea each made a second change when the season concluded, while Arsene Wenger resigned from his long reign at Arsenal.

Brendan Rodgers leaves Leicester second bottom of the Premier League - it has been quite the fall from grace for club and manager.

Rodgers has had a huge impact on his career, but doubts were starting to creep into the minds of others, even the more experienced like [Jamie Vardy](https://theathletic.com/football/player/jamie-vardy-g0VlEJLKbKMFIJfm/), who has been marginalised in recent weeks. [Youri Tielemans](https://theathletic.com/football/player/youri-tielemans-kg3LT74rQm8GKLmC/), who refused to sign a new contract, was not the only one who felt he had achieved as much as he could at Leicester. [Kasper Schmeichel](https://theathletic.com/football/player/kasper-schmeichel-CC7fIKroWIbjUPtt/) was thinking of his own future. Soumare and [Dennis Praet](https://theathletic.com/football/player/dennis-praet-U3vXtLbD8PJjcwFA/) were seemingly on their way out, too, while patience had worn thin with [Ayoze Perez](https://theathletic.com/football/player/ayoze-perez-S9xnzQLm7XmiRQGT/). They conceded stoppage-time goals against [West Ham United](https://theathletic.com/football/team/west-ham-united/), [Newcastle United](https://theathletic.com/football/team/newcastle-united/) and [Everton](https://theathletic.com/football/team/everton/). He said it was a mutual decision with Schmeichel and Ward, but Schmeichel was unhappy his run of 149 consecutive league games had come to an end. [Crystal Palace](https://theathletic.com/football/team/crystal-palace/) was the catalyst. [Wesley Fofana](https://theathletic.com/football/player/wesley-fofana-B3xBiMo59OK63V81/)’s injury, but the centre-back had by now been discarded and continues to be out in the cold. [Nottingham Forest](https://theathletic.com/football/team/nottingham-forest/) in February last year. Around the time of the Forest defeat, Rodgers began to talk about refreshing his squad and how the natural cycle of the group he inherited had come to an end. It was not just to add more quality to his squad, or more hunger and competition — “competition is a great coach for a player” — but to bring in fresh ears. While there was a lot of sadness when he was told, there was conviction that it was the right call.

Brendan Rodgers is sacked as manager of Leicester City after four years in charge following Saturday's defeat by Crystal Palace.

But a lot of teams have pressed the panic button and you can't afford to drop out of this league." In the past two years, he has not been backed by the owners and that is not Brendan's problem. He is a top manager and will get another top job. "They have had financial problems, and have brought players in perhaps not to the standard they wanted. "It's not a decision the board will have taken lightly. His place in Leicester City history is assured." You do it with the best interests of the club at heart. If you have an chance to move to bigger clubs but stay loyal to the club, where is the reward in that? "The task ahead of us in our final 10 games is clear. The short-termism in management is remarkable. The inevitability is you will be sacked. So is it the right thing?

Former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has been sacked by Leicester following the 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace yesterday, having been at the club for over ...

[Rodgers](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-leicester-anfield-van-dijk-25867599)' squad, as over the last two years they've slid backward under his stewardship. Liverpool.com says: Rodgers never really recovered from Leicester missing out on Champions League football two seasons in a row, especially considering they were in the driver's seat in both of those campaigns, capitulating near the end in both. “The task ahead of us in our final 10 games is clear. Regrettably, the desired improvement has not been forthcoming and, with 10 games of the season remaining, the Board is compelled to take alternative action to protect our Premier League status. He also missed out on Champions League qualification in two consecutive seasons. [Rodgers](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-news-gundogan-jimenez-city-18114330) also helped the club win the FA Cup in 2021 and also the Community Shield in the same year.