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Rodgers Explains City’s Plans During International Break

With a number of first team stars reporting for international duty next week, Brendan Rodgers will welcome a contingent of the Club’s youngsters into his plans.

2020-08-29T14:40:27.831Z

by Richard Mellor

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29 Aug, 2020

Rodgers Explains City’s Plans During International Break

With a number of first team stars reporting for international duty next week, Brendan Rodgers will welcome a contingent of the Club’s youngsters into his plans.

Richard Mellor

2020-08-29T14:40:27.831Z

Rodgers Explains City’s Plans During International Break

With a number of first team stars reporting for international duty next week, Brendan Rodgers will welcome a contingent of the Club’s youngsters into his plans.

Richard Mellor

2020-08-29T14:40:27.831Z

Rodgers Explains City’s Plans During International Break

With a number of first team stars reporting for international duty next week, Brendan Rodgers will welcome a contingent of the Club’s youngsters into his plans.

Richard Mellor

2020-08-29T14:40:27.831Z

Rodgers Explains City’s Plans During International Break

With a number of first team stars reporting for international duty next week, Brendan Rodgers will welcome a contingent of the Club’s youngsters into his plans.

Richard Mellor

2020-08-29T14:40:27.831Z

- Brendan Rodgers discusses his plan of action as several Foxes head off for the first international break of 2020/21- The Northern Irishman will welcome players from the Under-23s into the fold- City drew 0-0 with Sheffield Wednesday at Loughborough University Stadium on Saturday afternoon

Following two pre-season fixtures – the latest a goalless draw with Sheffield Wednesday – Leicester City have a week to prepare for their friendly clash with Blackburn Rovers at King Power Stadium on Saturday 5 September (1pm BST kick-off).

However, Rodgers will be without several players due to the first international break of 2020/21, and says those coming into the fold will allow the Foxes to continue their preparations ahead of the new campaign.

He said: “A lot of the players are away from tonight, so they'll go away and meet up with the international teams and the [other] guys will stay. We'll be joined by some of our Under-23s players.

“In fairness to them, they've been with us over this COVID-19 period, so they've been used to working, and you see them in the background working away as well, so we'll still have a good number and we'll continue with our preparations. And the fans have seen plenty of those young players in the last couple of games.”

Rodgers and the Blue Army have already had the chance to get a look at some of those emerging youngsters in pre-season, and several have stood out, according to the Northern Irishman.

He added: “These guys are not 17/18. A lot of them are 20 to 22, so they're a good age and they've absolutely been superb since they came in. Their attitude has been great, they've shown respect, but they've played with no fear and looked to try and impress.

“Obviously [there are] one or two younger ones, like Sidnei [Tavares], who is obviously younger than a number of the others, and has come in and done very well also.

“So yes, they're a talented young bunch. Some of them will probably end up going out to Championship clubs and League 1 clubs to continue with their development as well.”

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