Leicester City has parted ways with manager Brendan Rodgers, the club announced.
In a statement that said the decision was a “mutual agreement,” Foxes chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha said “performances and results during the current season have been below our shared expectations.”
After a 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace on Saturday, Leicester dropped into 19th place, one point and two places from safety.
Assistants Adam Sadler and Mike Stowell will take over on an interim basis as Leicester aims to secure survival with 10 Premier League games remaining.
Though the decision was framed as mutual, Srivaddhanaprabha admitted that the club’s recent results had forced the board to “take alternative action.”
“It had been our belief that continuity and stability would be key to correcting our course, particularly given our previous achievements under Brendan’s management,” Srivaddhanaprabha said. “Regrettably, the desired improvement has not been forthcoming and, with 10 games of the season remaining, the board is compelled to take alternative action to protect our Premier League status.”
Though the Foxes have slipped this season, Rodgers led the club to plenty of success over his four-year tenure.
“Brendan departs King Power Stadium as one of the most successful managers in the club’s history, having guided us to our long-awaited first FA Cup triumph in 2021, the FA Community Shield in the same year, two of the club’s three highest Premier League finishes and consecutive European campaigns, including our first European semifinal in 2022,” the statement read.
In the past three Premier League seasons, Leicester finished fifth, fifth and then eighth last term.
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