Reasons for Leicester’s troubles and concerns starting to emerge

The transfer fallacies

The Foxes needed to make one or two sales to make up, but no viable offer arrived for Youri Tielemans, whose contract runs out after this season. So, the King Power club was subjugated into submission when Chelsea came knocking. The Londoners had turned their target’s head, who made it clear that he wanted to leave at a critical time by throwing tantrums.

Even in the current window, the club was reluctant to close the deal for Lookman, who was left in the afterburner for way too long, until he thought enough was enough and went on to join Atalanta. The Foxes wanted to bring in a second-choice winger from the same Italian side but eventually failed in their efforts and wasted valuable time on the deadline day.

The unmitigated disaster leads to the sack? Not yet

The Leicester City management could not have fathomed the deep waters they’d be after just six matchdays, earning only a point from the available 18. The outfit thought their team was capable enough to be competitive, even if it did in an underwhelming fashion.

The East Midlands club thought they’d be good enough to finish amongst the mid-table spots after an unexpected eighth finish on the last day of the season in their previous outing. Though that turned out to be an overt assessment, the club has finally understood its depths.

With 1.21 points required per game to cross the 40-mark threshold, the King Power club is in a threat of endangerment. But due to financial constraints, the board is reluctant to pay hefty compensation to sack the manager. It would cost about £22M to rid Rodgers of his services, but keeping him is risking a possible £150M through the relegation one-way.

If we continue with the Northern Irishman, the chances for a relegation dogfight become most likely. That winning feeling is gone, and the urge to fight for the badge is not visible. The percept of Leicester having too good of a squad to get relegated needs changing.

A ship is useless with a broken compass. The quality of it doesn’t matter if you can’t sail over to the shore. There is no motivation channeling through the squad, and the worst of it all, the manager is inept to manage.