Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers said “this isn’t the club it was 2 years ago” and claimed the team “hasn’t had the help it needed” in the transfer market this summer after seeing his team remain at the bottom of the Premier League following a 1-0 defeat against Manchester United.
The 2015-16 Premier League champions, who offloaded goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and defender Wesley Fofana, waited until transfer deadline day to make their only senior summer signing with a £15 million deal for Reims defender Wout Faes.
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Foxes chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha wrote a letter to the club’s fans in the match programme for the United game, saying that Leicester’s financial position is “entirely secure and underpinned by my personal commitment.”
Srivaddhanaprabha also said that transfer spending had to be restricted in order to ensure “compliance with the game’s sustainability regulations.”
But with Leicester making a winless start to the season and his position as manager coming under threat, former Liverpool and Celtic coach Rodgers risked a confrontation with the owner by criticising the lack of recruitment.
“With the greatest respect, we have not had the help in the market this team needed,” Rodgers said. “To watch clubs in the top five leagues add players and we haven’t been able to do has been difficult. We needed help and I haven’t been able to get that.
