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Youri Tielemans: Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers cannot assure midfielder will stay at club | Football Information

January 18, 2022 Bella

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers admits Youri Tielemans could go away the club and that he has to get ready for life without the need of the midfielder.

Tielemans has been connected with a move to Arsenal as he enters the closing 18 months of his agreement.

The Foxes’ document signing, who joined from Monaco for £35m in 2019 just after an preliminary financial loan spell, has excelled less than Rodgers and scored the winner towards Chelsea past May perhaps as Leicester received the FA Cup for the initially time.

The club have been in deal talks with the Belgium global for months but are but to strike a deal and Rodgers hinted Tielemans could depart.

He mentioned: “He is at an age and at a stage in his agreement where by he has to guarantee he seems at just about every alternative. I would like it to be right here at Leicester, that is organic, but I comprehend it can be a quite small career.

“For players it really is about ambition, the obstacle and sometimes it’s about a various environment. We have observed it prior to a lot of instances.

“Teams have received the Champions League and the player will shift on. That’s the nature of it. For me, I can only get worried about maintaining improving upon him as a player, trying to keep him targeted and permitting every thing else be taken treatment of.

“We have a shut romantic relationship, it’s truly sturdy. I built a motivation to him when I initial arrived in that we would strengthen him as a

NFL Week 16 picks, odds: Rodgers makes MVP statement on Christmas, Patriots hand Bills another bitter defeat

December 27, 2021 Bella

Week 15 is up there in terms of the most insanely bizarre NFL weeks I’ve ever seen. Obviously having two games Monday and two games Tuesday is a good start to that,

The Texans scored 30 points in a cakewalk victory, the Lions beat the Cardinals and Tom Brady scored zero points in a home, prime-time loss. It was a weird week all around, fittingly coming in the longest week in NFL history.

Hopefully everyone can have a winning and happy Christmas, and in the spirit of Christmas miracles, I’m going to write up fewer of these picks and toss some scores for meaningless games at the bottom.

My ATS record against the spread this year is just awful, but 9-5 last week is strong. A strong close to the season can salvage this year ATS so let’s get hot over the holidays.

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NFL Week 16 Picks

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Tennessee Titans
+3.5

Week 15 featured plenty of underdogs barking loudly, so I’m a little hesitant to jump onto a road favorite on a short week. But the 49ers are starting to cook. Deebo Samuel appears to be the catalyst for this run game, with his presence in the backfield wrecking havoc on opposing defenses. Kyle Shanahan’s playcalling has been outstanding and the Niners appear to have a pretty good stable of backs capable of producing on a weekly basis — with Elijah Mitchell out, Jeff Wilson stepped up nicely against the Falcons. Tennessee has been good against the run this season but the 49ers should be able to stretch them horizontally. The one thing I’d be wary of if you’re backing Jimmy Garoppolo and Co.

Team, league execs think discipline to Rodgers, Packers not nearly stern enough; shows preferential treatment

November 18, 2021 Bella

The decision to merely fine the Packers $300,000 and Aaron Rodgers less than $15,000 for repeated violations of the COVID protocols prompted a strong backlash within the NFL last week, including among many within league offices, team and league sources said.

Rodgers misrepresented his vaccination stance in public and flouted mask protocols for unvaccinated players, culminating in a lengthy appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” after he tested positive for COVID-19, in which he remarked he would not be “shamed” into wearing a mask. Unvaccinated players are required to be tested daily and wear a mask when not on the field and are also limited in regards to their off-field interactions with teammates, per the collectively bargained protocols between the NFL and NFLPA. Rodgers did not wear a mask on the sidelines or during media interactions prior to being placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list and was also captured in images posted on social media violating the rules off site, including at a Halloween party that Packers players organized.

The decision to treat the matter as essentially one violation of protocols, rather than dock the team draft picks and sanction Rodgers himself more seriously, was ridiculed throughout the industry. And even many within the league office believed it was far too soft and gave the impression of preferential treatment for a storied franchise without a traditional ownership structure and with strong ties to the league office. Suffice to say, there will be significant pressure outside league headquarters, and within, to come down much harder on the team and the future Hall of Fame quarterback should Rodgers continue to violate obvious protocols in the future.

“If I was the Raiders, or the Saints, I would be irate,” said one league official, noting franchises that faced far steeper sanctions for violations last year.