- Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers ‘bitterly disappointed’
- Trio miss West Ham defeat but will return for FA Cup semi-final
Brendan Rodgers said he was “bitterly disappointed” with James Maddison, Hamza Choudhury and Ayoze Pérez after dropping them for Leicester’s 3-2 defeat at West Ham for a breach of Covid-19 protocols.
Rodgers took a dim view of the breach, which took place last weekend and surely ends Maddison’s slim hopes of making England’s European Championship squad. The Leicester manager stressed that some things are “bigger than football” and although he promised the trio would return for the FA Cup semi-final against Southampton next Sunday he had no regrets about leaving them out against West Ham, who took fourth place off Chelsea with a resilient win.
