Rodgers: “I wouldn't be surprised if Ayoze went to the European Championship”

Brendan Rodgers, coach of Leicester (third place in the Premier) spoke about the possibility that the Spaniard Ayoze Pérez, one of the great stars of the team, go to the Eurocup with Spain next summer. “I wouldn't be surprised,” said the coach.

“Spain has very talented players, but Ayoze is a footballer who is playing in a team from the top of the Premier, the most competitive league in the world, and with good performance. Then I think it will have opportunities, ”Rodgers added. To achieve the goal of being called to the European Championship, his current coach is clear about the recipe: “You must continue to work hard at Leicester. If he does, I'm sure there will be an opportunity for him next summer. ”

Ayoze Pérez's is a strange case, since he has never been summoned with Spain despite his remarkable performance in England: 40 goals in the 168 games he has played in the Premier League (first in Newcastle and now in Leicester). In fact, the bet that Leicester made last summer was very important: He paid 33 million euros for him. Nobody was surprised, since he is a striker with a great cartel in England although he has never been summoned with the Absolute of Spain (with the Under-21 he did play two games).

The 26-year-old from Tenerife, who began his adventure in England very young (in 2014 Newcastle paid 2 million for him to Tenerife), is one of the fundamental pieces of a Leicester that is again the great sensation in England: he is third with eight points ahead of the fifth. That is, you have to twist your season a lot so that you do not end up in the Champions League access points. Ayoze shines with seven goals and four assists so far this year, although that performance has not yet served to be summoned with Spain …