Leicester City need to construct on their FA Cup victory and problem for larger honours subsequent season though they lack the monetary muscle to compete with the Premier League’s greater golf equipment, supervisor Brendan Rodgers mentioned on Friday.
Leicester are fifth within the standings — degree on 66 factors with Liverpool and one behind Chelsea — after dropping out of the highest 4 for the primary time this season following Tuesday’s loss on the London membership.
“We need to struggle for trophies,” Rodgers told a news conference. “If we could become a sustainable club in European football, that shows we’re successful. Commercially, we’re 10th. For budget, we are eighth.
“It will be difficult to compete with clubs three or four times our budget but it doesn’t stop us fighting. The lowest we will finish is sixth this season.”
Leicester go into Sunday’s fixture towards Tottenham Hotspur behind fourth-placed Liverpool on purpose distinction and, barring an enormous win over Spurs, they are going to miss out on reaching the Champions League for the primary time since 2016 if Liverpool beat Crystal Palace.
Rodgers mentioned though they had been ecstatic at successful the FA Cup for the primary time within the membership’s historical past, they might be dissatisfied if they didn’t end within the prime 4 as they struggle “two of Europe’s greatest golf equipment” for the final two places.
“We would have no one (else) to blame. We take the responsibility ourselves, we’ll fight to the end,” he added.
“What we don’t need is for the door to be open for us and us not to stroll via it. So we’d like to get a victory and see the place it takes us.
“Our focus is on successful the sport towards a proficient Spurs staff. If we end on 69 factors and don’t make it into the Champions League, we’ve been unlucky.”
Rodgers confirmed injured defender Jonny Evans would miss the clash with Spurs.
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