TOM COLLOMOSSE: Leicester's FA Cup exit exposes the scale of the rebuild Brendan Rodgers needs to do this summer... James Maddison and Harvey Barnes may have to be sold, and with eight players out of contract the turnover will be huge

There is nothing like the sound of booing to focus directors’ minds and the reaction of their fans told the Leicester board that a huge rebuilding job lies ahead this summer.

Only 10 places separate Leicester and Blackburn, chasing promotion from the Championship, but the Foxes’ second string would do well to finish mid-table in the second tier. Very few would command a spot in an enterprising Rovers side, whose 2-1 win at King Power Stadium on Tuesday booked their place in the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time in eight years.

While boss Brendan Rodgers is far from blameless in this season’s struggles, he has been calling for the squad to be refreshed ever since Leicester were beaten by Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup in January 2022.