Leicester City squad members lose confidence in Brendan Rodgers

Other team members who have lost their place in the Foxes squad are midfielders Papy Mendy – the AFCON winner’s turbulent time at the King Power shows no sign of easing – Dennis Praet and attacker Ayoze Perez. Praet had an on-again off-again transfer window, with the Belgian eventually deciding to stay. Praet is a really good player, but it’s clear that Rodgers simply doesn’t know how to use him.

Perez was another who Rodgers wanted to ship off in the summer, but his links to Real Sociedad resulted in nothing and now the £30million-man is facing another season of limbo in Leicestershire. Often used on the right, Perez’s best position has always been as a CAM or as a CF, but the form of James Maddison hasn’t allowed him a consecutive run of games there.

Whilst these five are the most obvious predictions, there may be far more who are having doubts over their bosses’ ability to win games. If the poor form continues, we could see more and more players join the list.

The situation feels eerily similar to that of Claudio Ranieri’s sacking in 2017, less than a season after winning the league with the Foxes. Ranieri quickly lost key leaders in the dressing room – such as Kasper Schmeichel – and the atmosphere was so bad that cult-hero Leonardo Ulloa posted on social media that he would refuse to play for the club until Ranieri was gone.

If they fail to win against Forest, then we could see similar scenes to those of 2017. What’s clear now, however, is that Rodgers is on borrowed time with no margin for error. If he can turn the form and morale around, then it would be a miracle.

That being said, it feels as if both parties would be better going their separate ways. As things stand, Rodgers’ sacking isn’t an ‘if’, it’s a ‘when’. How long the Northern Irishman can hold on for, we’ll just have to see.