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BBC News
4 days ago
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Foxes defender Coulibaly makes Mali debut
Leicester City defender Woyo Coulibaly made his international debut for Mali during their 1-0 friendly defeat by DR Congo on full-back Coulibaly, 26, - signed by the Foxes from Parma for a reported £3m in January - was called up for the African nation for the first time in May, having switched nationalities from was also a first for Hamza Choudhury, who scored his maiden goal for Bangladesh during their 2-0 victory over Bhutan on Foxes academy graduate, 27, nodded in opener in the sixth minute on just his second appearance for the Bengal Tigers.
BBC News
07-03-2025
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Van Nistelrooy on 10-day break, Maresca's familiarity and Monga future
Leicester City boss Ruud van Nistelrooy has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game at Chelsea (kick-off 14:00 GMT).Here are the key lines from his news conference:Woyo Coulibaly is back available after missing out on the game against West Ham. The right-back has recovered from some "little bits" and he has "trained as expected" this squad have "taken advantage" of their 10-day break from action: "We had a long week, with many days to work and look at the West Ham game. We will have had five sessions together to prepare for this game. It was important to work with the team as you have to recover from the bad result and rise again."He confirmed the squad has spoken about their "approach to games" and "how it should be" moving forward into a tough run of fixtures. He added: "This team is capable of doing it. We are not the only team in this situation, dealing with loss after loss, so we have to make sure we are ready for Sunday."Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca "knows the squad", after earning the Foxes promotion to the Premier League last season, but Leicester City's backroom staff have "the necessary information to be prepared" for their trip to Stamford the opponents, he added: "I watched their game yesterday [against Copenhagen] and I looked at how they play, their approach, the squad they have, the quality they have, and the fight they are in to qualify for the Champions League."He is aware of the "big task ahead" but is confident his team "will do everything possible to get a result".When asked whether every game from this point forward is a "must win" rather than a "must not lose", he responded: "The approach is - and has always been - to get the maximum amount out of the game and to always plan to be able to win. If you can't win then you want to protect the result." There will be a "similar approach" against has been some speculation around the future of academy product Jeremy Monga, who has been "part of the training set-up" this season, but "the priority is to do absolutely everything" they can to keep him at King Power Foxes have already had conversations with the winger, his agent and his family about his future at the club, including plans to use the youngster during to full commentary of Chelsea v Leicester on BBC Radio 5 Live at 14:00 on SundayFollow all of Friday's Premier League news conferences and the rest of the day's football news
Yahoo
21-02-2025
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Ruud van Nistelrooy says Leicester face ‘huge mountain' to avoid relegation
Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy admits his team faces 'a huge mountain to climb' if they are to avoid relegation from the Premier League following a heavy 4-0 defeat to Brentford. The Foxes became the first team to lose six successive Premier League home games without scoring. Woyo Coulibaly and Jamie Vardy were denied Leicester's first goal at the King Power Stadium for 75 days by Mark Flekken in the first four minutes and they were made to pay with three strikes in 15 first-half minutes from Yoane Wissa, Bryan Mbeumo and Christian Norgaard which prompted some home supporters to head for the exit doors. Difficult evening.#LEIBRE — Leicester City (@LCFC) February 21, 2025 The gulf in class between Brentford and relegation strugglers Leicester was evident in the second period but the Bees had to wait until the 89th minute to add a fourth when Fabio Carvalho rolled home from close range. Brentford's fourth successive win on the road moved them into the top half, while Leicester remain in the bottom three ahead of the weekend's action. Van Nistelrooy said: 'It's blow after blow after blow, there's a lot of hard work put in without results. 'Some performances you can take some hope from but we have to accept we are in a position now where every week we face a better team. 'You have to look at performing at the maximum of your capabilities, I cannot ask the players to do more than that. With the squad we have it's a huge mountain to climb to stay in this league, that's the reality. 'Today it showed. We are making a couple of mistakes, we didn't perform at our best and Brentford were too big a challenge for us. 'I'm not saying that (they're not good enough) but the expectation, that's not fair. You cannot live up to them. Then you can only do the best you can.' Leicester suffered a 10th defeat from their last 11 league games but are still only two points adrift of safety. Asked whether the job was harder than he first thought, the Foxes boss answered: 'It doesn't matter if it is or not. It is as it is. 'I'm working within that situation. I didn't know what it would be like, it's not easy, it's a hard situation and a huge challenge. 'The situation we are in is alarming and the mountain we have to climb is huge. 'We depend on the other teams to lose but we also know that's not going to be forever. It's on us to collect enough points.' Thomas Frank's side moved to within six points of a guaranteed European place but the Brentford boss is only focusing on one game at a time. Everything we do, we do it together 🐝❤️ — Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) February 21, 2025 He said: 'We want to aim as high as possible but it's about the next game. 'I have said many times if we can keep players fit we have a really good team and players. As many as possible fit and we will find a way. 'I'm very privileged have a fantastic group of players, they work hard, they like each other, they play for each other.'
The Independent
21-02-2025
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- The Independent
Ruud van Nistelrooy says Leicester face ‘huge mountain' to avoid relegation
Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy admits his team faces 'a huge mountain to climb' if they are to avoid relegation from the Premier League following a heavy 4-0 defeat to Brentford. The Foxes became the first team to lose six successive Premier League home games without scoring. Woyo Coulibaly and Jamie Vardy were denied Leicester's first goal at the King Power Stadium for 75 days by Mark Flekken in the first four minutes and they were made to pay with three strikes in 15 first-half minutes from Yoane Wissa, Bryan Mbeumo and Christian Norgaard which prompted some home supporters to head for the exit doors. The gulf in class between Brentford and relegation strugglers Leicester was evident in the second period but the Bees had to wait until the 89th minute to add a fourth when Fabio Carvalho rolled home from close range. Brentford's fourth successive win on the road moved them into the top half, while Leicester remain in the bottom three ahead of the weekend's action. Van Nistelrooy said: 'It's blow after blow after blow, there's a lot of hard work put in without results. 'Some performances you can take some hope from but we have to accept we are in a position now where every week we face a better team. 'You have to look at performing at the maximum of your capabilities, I cannot ask the players to do more than that. With the squad we have it's a huge mountain to climb to stay in this league, that's the reality. 'Today it showed. We are making a couple of mistakes, we didn't perform at our best and Brentford were too big a challenge for us. 'I'm not saying that (they're not good enough) but the expectation, that's not fair. You cannot live up to them. Then you can only do the best you can.' Leicester suffered a 10th defeat from their last 11 league games but are still only two points adrift of safety. Asked whether the job was harder than he first thought, the Foxes boss answered: 'It doesn't matter if it is or not. It is as it is. 'I'm working within that situation. I didn't know what it would be like, it's not easy, it's a hard situation and a huge challenge. 'The situation we are in is alarming and the mountain we have to climb is huge. 'We depend on the other teams to lose but we also know that's not going to be forever. It's on us to collect enough points.' Thomas Frank's side moved to within six points of a guaranteed European place but the Brentford boss is only focusing on one game at a time. He said: 'We want to aim as high as possible but it's about the next game. 'I have said many times if we can keep players fit we have a really good team and players. As many as possible fit and we will find a way. 'I'm very privileged have a fantastic group of players, they work hard, they like each other, they play for each other.'
BBC News
30-01-2025
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- BBC News
Foxes will push 'until last second' for new signings
Leicester will work "until the last second" of the transfer window to find reinforcements, boss Ruud Van Nistelrooy has Foxes are looking for new recruits to help them in their fight for Premier League Woyo Coulibaly is Van Nistelrooy's only signing of the January window, having joined from Parma for about 3m transfer deadline is at 23:00 GMT on Monday and the manager insists Leicester, 17th in the Premier League after beating Tottenham on Sunday, will push hard for new signings."We are still working on a couple of things - we know it's the deadline and what ywe're working towards," he said. "It's something we're going to address until the last second of the window. "In the conversations we had before I signed, we were very clear on what possibilities would be handled this window. "It's about knowing what you're doing with the club and trying to do the maximum possible to get people in who can strengthen the team. It's what we're trying to do and if we can get something, great. If not, we will carry on with this group."
