Brendan Rodgers is walking a difficult tightrope trying to wean Leicester City off Jamie Vardy while they are bottom of the Premier League amid doubts about his own future as boss.
Vardy, the club’s leading scorer for the past seven seasons, was dropped at Brighton a fortnight ago and though replacements Patson Daka and Kelechi Iheanacho both scored, they missed his leadership.
The 35-year-old talisman is hoping for a recall at Tottenham on Saturday with Leicester having taken only one point from six matches, but Rodgers acknowledges it’s a difficult balancing act.