Brendan Rodgers has stressed his commitment to Leicester City amid rumours that he was approached for the job at Tottenham Hotspur.
The Daily Mail understands that Rodgers was the first choice of Daniel Levy to replace Mauricio Pochettino, and that he only moved on to Jose Mourinho after accepting that signing the Northern Irishman from the Foxes was an impossible deal.
Speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of Leicester’s trip to Brighton & Hove Albion, Rodgers refused to entertain what he called “gossip.” Watch the video below to see exactly what he said.
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“There is nothing to talk about on it,” he told his press conference. “The game is full of gossip and speculation. “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 shares many of the same philosophies as Pochettino and would have been a more natural successor. He has done well everywhere he has been and is someone I’d happily see at Spurs in a few years’ time.
But for now I’m excited for something different under Mourinho.