Rodgers slams Fofana’s advisors for taking ‘cheap shot’ during Leicester goodbye

BRENDAN RODGERS has launched a blistering attack on Wesley Fofana’s advisers.

And accused them of being behind the savage quotes Chelsea’s new £70million defender allegedly aimed at him following his controversial move to Stamford Bridge.

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Fofana appeared to deliver a savage parting shot at Rodgers in a post which appeared on his personal Instagram account, hours after the 21-year-old sealed his life-changing seven-year-deal with the Blues.

Fofana thanked Leicester fans for their ‘kindness and constant support, even in the moments you were led to believe I didn’t respect the club’.

However he followed that up with a direct swipe at Rodgers, adding: “I chose not to communicate during this transfer window despite all the criticism and all the often false and misleading comments, even when they were coming from the club.

“I understood and I learned. I didn’t want to damage the image of the institution and I chose to take it rather than answer. 

“I thank Top for his understanding, thanks to the managers, to the coach who has always appreciated me, even if he chose to expose me a lot lately… I got it coach.”

That was taken as a blast at his former boss but Rodgers claims those words did not come from Fofana and blamed other influences within his camp for the ‘cheap shot.’

Rodgers rapped: “I never get too emotional with words but look at the logic of it.

“Wesley was exposed here to a club when very few people knew who he was. 

“We brought him here as a 19-year-old, put him in the team, his profile went worldwide as a kid and he was absolutely brilliant.

“He got injured, the club could have been exposed but they weren’t, they looked after him, gave him a new contract and his agents would have done really well as well.

“We felt he was going to be here and I felt that he wanted to be here. But the game’s changed.

“I would say the post didn’t come from Wesley. I know that for sure because I’ve had other experiences where I had a message from Wesley, which I knew wasn’t from Wesley.

“So the post is probably a cheap shot towards the end from people and representatives other than him.”

Rodgers believes the long-running saga over Fofana’s on-off move to Chelsea contributed to his side’s poor start to the season and current position at the foot of the table.

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But he wishes the French kid well and says the public spat will not affect the warmth he feels towards Fofana. 

“The kid is a great lad. He was brilliant for me,” he said. 

“I’m not happy he has left because I’ve lost a top player. But I’m happy for him.

“I’m not going to sit here and destroy a young guy, at 21 years of age, who gave me everything when I know really, where the message has come from.

“We wish him all the very best and we’ll move on. I haven’t spoken to him directly but I will at some point.

“Our relationship is really strong. I think he said in one of his interviews I was a father-figure for him.

“I have strong relations with him. A brilliant player, a guy who had come off the streets and came on to this stage and was brilliant for us.”

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