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Brendan Rodgers Says Focus Is 'Very Much' with Leicester Amid Arsenal Rumours

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has said he'll remain with the club amid reported interest from Arsenal.

The Gunners sacked Unai Emery on Friday, leaving assistant Freddie Ljungberg in temporary charge with Rodgers mooted as a potential replacement.

On whether he intended to stay with the Foxes long term, Rodgers told BBC Sport (h/t the Daily Mail's Tom Collomosse):

"Yeah, very much so. I left a club eight and a half months ago and that was a change I made to come to a club with ambition.