Youri Tielemans has admitted that life is "tough" at Leicester right now, with the club bottom of the Premier League table.
The Foxes have lost six straight games and have only one point from their first seven top-flight games. The recent 5-2 and 6-2 losses away at Brighton and Tottenham, respectively, have put more pressure on manager Brendan Rodgers, who is already under fire.
Now that the World Cup is approaching this winter in Qatar, Tielemans’ attention is focused on earning a berth in the Belgium team. However, the Leicester midfielder claims it is hard to ignore his club’s dismal domestic record while on international duty.
It’s difficult at Leicester right now, so I’m glad to get some fresh air here, the midfielder remarked in a news conference in Belgium. “It’s obvious that things at the club are not going well. As a team, we are exerting every effort.
Arsenal, who are now leading the Premier League, were said to be interested in Tielemans until their interest waned later in the summer. Tielemans has been linked to a transfer away from Leicester.
The Belgian midfielder’s deal with Leicester is up at the end of the current campaign, but he chose to stay at the King Power Stadium.
Despite the club’s dismal league standing, Tielemans believes he has no regrets about staying.
“I won’t talk too much about my contract position right now”, he continued. “I stayed in Leicester throughout the summer because I always insisted that the project be the proper one.”
“I shouldn’t feel guilty just because things at Leicester are becoming worse right now.”
Following Saturday’s 6-2 defeat at the hands of Tottenham, Rodgers believes he will accept whatever choice Leicester’s owners decide over his future. This comes after pressure on his position as manager was intensified again again.
The Foxes took an early lead in north London but fell to their second humiliating loss in as many games due to individual mistakes and a persistent failure to defend set pieces.
More than any other Premier League team since the beginning of last season, Leicester has let up 25 goals from set pieces, and their 22 goals surrendered this season are more than any other team in the top four divisions combined.
There is no denying that our first seven games have been challenging, particularly in light of the summer we’ve had. These games include Manchester United at home, Tottenham away, Arsenal away, Chelsea away, and a few others we should have won.
“The international break has likely arrived at the perfect time to restart everything and break the summer’s cycle as well. The owners will take whatever action they see necessary. I know football, I’m not a fool, and the previous six games aren’t really interesting to read. But if they continue to play as they did for the most part and avoid making mistakes, I have every faith the squad can advance and go up the table.
