Former Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys has claimed that former Liverpool and Everton manager Rafael Benítez has applied for the coaching job at Leicester City.
The Spanish strategist did not have a particularly happy time in his most recent spell in the Premier League with Everton, but he was champion of the Champions League and FA Cup during his time at Liverpool, while also winning the Europa League in a brief spell as interim. manager at Chelsea.
Whether there is any truth to this remains to be seen, but Keys tweeted that his sources in Leicester say Benitez applied for the King Power Stadium job, though Brendan Rodgers remains in the role for the time being…
The gall of man. How do you dare? I hope he’s given Everton his settlement figure back now that he’s realized what we all told him and Moshiri. My friends in Leicester tell me that Benítez applied for that job. Is there a vacancy? https://t.co/KTv3h4h4Cw
— Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) September 20, 2022
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Rodgers is likely to be under increasing pressure at Leicester at the moment, with his Foxes team suffering from a terrible start to the season.
With just one point from their opening seven games, Leicester are currently bottom of the Premier League table, and it may take an experienced leader like Benítez to steady the ship and get them out of trouble.
