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Wes Morgan: Ex-Leicester City captain calls for more BAME role models in football boardrooms

Leicester City's title-winning skipper Wes Morgan is keen to see more BAME "role models" - both in football boardrooms and other sports.

The Nottingham-born 30-times capped Jamaica international, 37, who retired as a player at the end of the 2020-21 season, is part of the Premier League's Black Participants Advisory Group.

But he would like to see more minority representation higher up in all sports.

"It's about having role models in senior positions," he told BBC Sport.

"If you look now, there are not many at all. And I see myself as being the sort of person people can aspire to become.