Brendan Rodgers has accused Wesley Fofana’s representatives of taking a “cheap shot” at him after a social media publish by way of the defender hit out on the Leicester supervisor.
Fofana’s farewell message on Instagram after finishing a £70m transfer to Chelsea on Wednesday contained an incendiary line that mentioned Rodgers had “chose to expose me a lot lately”. Leicester reluctantly sanctioned the sale of the centre-back after he made his need to leave transparent, in spite of signing a brand new five-year contract in March.
Rodgers up to now mentioned Fofana used to be the topic of “different pressures from different people behind the scenes” and steered such duress can lead avid gamers to make selections “maybe they don’t want to make”. Leicester had was hoping to stay grasp of Fofana till a minimum of subsequent summer time.
Rodgers mentioned he had a wholesome courting with Fofana and is adamant his parting message didn’t come from the participant. “I would say the post didn’t come from Wesley, I know that for sure because I’ve had other experiences where I had a message from Wesley which I knew wasn’t from Wesley,” he mentioned.
“The post was probably a cheap shot towards the end from people and representatives, rather than him. The kid is a great lad. He was brilliant for me. I am not happy that he has left because I’ve lost a top player but I’m not going to sit here and destroy a young guy at 21 years of age who gave me everything when I know really where the message has come from. We’re sad he has gone, we wish him all the very best and we’ll move on.”
Rodgers hinted that he and Leicester deserved higher recognize after signing Fofana from Saint-Étienne and creating him into some of the global’s maximum very popular defenders. Fofana’s substitute, Wout Faes, a £15m signing from Reims, may make his debut at Brighton on Sunday with Leicester on the lookout for their first league win of the season to lend a hand them transfer off the ground.
“I think he said in one of his interviews that I was a father figure for him,” Rodgers added of Fofana. “I’ve had sturdy members of the family with him, an excellent participant, a man who got here off the streets and got here directly to this level and he used to be sensible for us. Hopefully we will produce some extra of them.”
