Phil Foden and Kieran Trippier react to Conor Coady’s plea at Leicester City
Leicester defender Conor Coady has told fans “we need you” as the club face a desperate bid for survival.
Coady came close to re-joining Wolves in January, but the deal fell through on Deadline Day.
Any hopes of a return to his former side may be dashed by Wolves’ interest in Michael Keane, as it would be unlikely the club would move for both of them in the summer.
The ex-Liverpool defender has been with Leicester for two seasons now, and has experienced the highs of winning the Championship, and the current lows of sitting in the Premier League relegation zone.
Conor Coady tells Leicester fans ‘we will give it everything’
Following the 1-0 loss to Chelsea, Coady posted a series of photos of himself in action on Instagram, captioned: “Real test against a top team but felt we deserved more … Foxes fans, the atmosphere you created was top and we will need you more than ever for 10 games … Let’s look forward and try and build on today, Stay with us and we will give it everything.”
The post was then liked by Foden and Trippier, both of whom have been in the England national set-up with the centre-back.
| 2024/25 Premier League stats | Coady |
| Appearances | 12 |
| Starts | 9 |
| Goals | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 1 |
| Minutes | 813 |
Following the loss to Chelsea, the Foxes are now on a run of 12 losses from 13 games, and look destined for relegation.
Leicester’s next chance to move towards safety will be on Sunday (16 March), when they take on Man United at home.
Leicester show other soon-to-be promoted clubs what to avoid
Football Insider Verdict
Steve Cooper was sacked with Leicester sat 16th in the Premier League table.
The English manager was then replaced by Ruud van Nistelrooy after a brief stint as Man United caretaker manager.
Since then, the Foxes have plummeted down the league, and sit six points away from safety.
Whilst not mathematically impossible, Leicester surviving relegation seems very implausible.
There is a bitter irony in the decision to replace Cooper, yes his football was miserable to watch at times, and it has been heavily reported the Foxes squad was not impressed with his methods, but he was getting points, and winning games.
Certain teams arrive in the Premier League with grand designs on how they want to play football, we have seen in recent years Burnley and Southampton both tried and failed to play neat passing football.
However, pragmatism is required to stay afloat sometimes, and the Foxes are an example to soon-to-be promoted sides of not getting ahead of yourself.