Manager Dean Smith has eight matches in seven weeks to keep his team in the top flight
Leicester's James Maddison with team-mates after the final whistle of the Premier League match against Bournemouth at the King Power Stadium, Leicester, on April 8th, 2023. Photograph: Matthew Lewis/Getty ImagesIt was a good job Dean Smith had tickets only for the practice rounds at the Masters because by the end of last week, instead of admiring the view at Augusta he was analysing Leicester City’s lethargic performance in defeat by Bournemouth in preparation for replacing Brendan Rodgers.
Leicester are in an unusual spot, a place and two points off the bottom of the Premier League. Last season they finished eighth and reached the Europa Conference League semi-finals.
In the past few weeks perhaps for the first time some supporters have questioned Leicester’s ownership whose commitment to the club – and city – can never be doubted. Last year the chairman, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, known as Top, donated a further £1 million to a Leicester hospitals’ charity and this February he wiped clear £194 million of club debt.
Leicester’s season boils down to eight matches in seven weeks, the first at the champions, Manchester City, today . Smith will ask his defence to nullify Jack Grealish, whom he developed at Villa. “I had a message from him when I was driving through South Carolina last week and he sent me a message when I got the job to congratulate me,” Smith says.
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