Brendan Rodgers would leave Leicester City for Arsenal, says Perry Groves

TalkSPORT pundit Perry Groves has claimed that Brendan Rodgers would leave Leicester City to become Arsenal manager if offered the job.

After Unai Emery was (finally) sacked earlier today, pundits were quick to name their ideal candidates for the top job in North London.

We knew that Brendan Rodgers would be touted as the perfect man for the Gunners by many a few but what we did not know is that someone could come up with such a claim.

Of course, talkSPORT have a reputation for setting new standards everyday as far as speaking bunkum is concerned, but even by their standards,  this is world-class.

"“They need to go with experience,” Groves said.“They need someone with Premier League experience with a clear vision and a clear direction.“There are three candidates, for me.“Brendan Rodgers – you would go all out to get him no matter how much he cost, if you could.“Would he want to leave Leicester City? We’re a bigger a club… of course he would want to leave Leicester!“Leicester are a very well-run club, but they’re not one of the big six clubs, and I think Rodgers wants something to prove with one of the big clubs.“And if he’d be backed by the board as Emery was in the summer… he’d he perfect, because we’re in disarray.“The others are Nuno Espirito Santo or Mauricio Pochettino.“The players had completely lost faith in Emery and his tactics, when you watch us defend it’s like trying to herd cats, and at least with Nuno Arsenal would have an identity, he has a philosophy of playing.“And why wouldn’t you try to get Pochettino? Just to wind that lot up, that would be funny.”"

Well, Arsenal might be the bigger club but Leicester are the better team right now and it’s good teams that make a club bigger over a period of time in the first place – that is also how Arsenal became a really big club.

Right now, though, they are on a decline and a right mess from top to bottom. Leicester aren’t, and as a manager, this is where you would rather be.

Except the money on offer, is there really a reason why Rodgers would want to leave? He has all the resources that he needs at the King Power Stadium.

The “big club” narrative is utterly disrespectful at times and it’s sad that former players and pundits do not realise that. Just because a club is bigger does not mean it can have what it wants and when it wants.

That is not how it works anymore.