Brendan Rodgers claims Leicester's 'actuality' is their high stars will finally wish to go away as he opens up on attempting to persuade Youri Tielemans to pen a brand new Foxes contract
- Youri Tielemans scored a penalty as Leicester drew 2-2 in opposition to West Ham
- The 24-year-old midfielder has 18 months remaining on his Foxes contract
- Brendan Rodgers says Leicester's 'actuality' is essential gamers might wish to transfer on
Leicester supervisor Brendan Rodgers has made a hanging admission that his membership will at all times wrestle to hold on to stars akin to Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans.
Tielemans has 18 months remaining on his present deal on the King Energy stadium however Leicester haven't made any progress in talks over a brand new contract. Each Arsenal and Manchester United are on alert over the supply of the Belgium midfielder.
He scored a penalty in Leicester's 2-2 draw with West Ham on Sunday and Foxes boss Rodgers struck a remarkably sombre tone when grilled on the midfielder's future after the sport.
Chatting with Sky Sports activities, he stated: 'Together with his contract operating down then I'm fairly positive there will likely be groups him, however I'm additionally a realist as nicely.
'We're actual as a soccer membership. You'll get folks asking if we will dangle on to those gamers for the subsequent six or seven years.
'But the reality is that if a player does really well at Leicester, he may want to leave and move on to another club. For us, it's nearly being prepared for that.'
Rodgers informed reporters after the West Ham draw that Tielemans, because it stands, has but to reject a suggestion of a brand new deal from Leicester.
'He has not declined (a brand new contract). His place is precisely the identical,' Rodgers stated. 'He's a improbable participant and there was no motion.
'He has labored nicely and till his final days right here, he'll at all times give his greatest. He's a high skilled and also you noticed his dedication at present.'
Final season, Tielemans was Leicester's FA Cup hero when he scored a shocking lengthy vary strike at Wembley to steer his aspect to a 1-0 victory in opposition to Chelsea.
This season, Leicester have struggled to construct on their progress. They crashed out of the Europa League within the group stage and Sunday's draw with West Ham leaves them eleventh within the Premier League.
Rodgers accepted that his aspect wants contemporary faces for subsequent season.
'The workforce wants that wholesome shake-up,' the Northern Irishman added. 'I believe that when I came into here there was a group of players who were hungry and wanted to prove themselves.
'We've misplaced two of these in Harry Maguire and Ben Chilwell however the workforce have continued to progress.
'From that point, we've received the FA Cup and the gamers are actually in higher circumstances of their lives which is nice. They deserve that, however you've bought to maintain bettering.
'Whether or not that's spending extra money to get a distinct degree of participant in or bringing in a hungry participant who needs to show a degree. It's in all probability a combination of each actually.'
