Rodgers satisfied that City on track to meet high ambitions
RODGERS HAPPY AS CLUB CONTINUE TO TAKE STEPS TOWARDS AMBITIOUS VISION
BRENDAN Rodgers believes Leicester City are on track to fulfil their “very ambitious” vision.
Rodgers strengthened his squad once again this summer, signing French wonderkid Wesley Fofana from Saint Etienne, Belgian international fullback Timothy Castagne from Atalanta and Turkish winger Cengiz Under from AS Roma.
The Foxes have made a strong start to the new Premier League season, smashing in 12 goals in their first three Premier League games - including a 5-2 away win at Manchester City - before an unexpected defeat to West Ham left them sitting in third place going into the international break, with two surprise packages in Everton and Aston Villa occupying the top spots.
Off the field, work continues on the club’s new £100 million training base at Seagrave, which will be among the very best training facilites in Europe.
Manager Rodgers believes these efforts on and off the pitch will help City become an established force at the top end of the Premier League.
“I think that’s important - to understand that if you don’t have millions and millions and millions of pounds to throw in to get top-level players, and lots of them, you have to do it step-by-step,”
Rodgers said. “We finished ninth in my first season when I came in, in the half-season. So, the club had two ninth finishes, and then we were in fifth last season, so the steps are to keep improving.
“We want to keep developing, keep challenging and being competitive.
“We know who the competitors are. It’s huge, but for us, we’re very ambitious, we want to compete.”