“They’ve already played in the Champions League and it’ll be very good for us to increase our fitness and stamina”.
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“I know very well Papy (Mendy) because I put him in my squad in Monaco when he was so young”.
The 23-year-old said: “I know they got to the Champions League last year and by all accounts they did well. There is not much room for error in these qualifiers so we need to do everything we can to be ready for them”.
The champions of England’s and Scotland’s Premier Leagues are set to face off in the International Champions Cup.
Three years ago Neil Lennon’s side played Shakhter Karagandy on the same pitch they will be on this Wednesday.
“The plastic pitch is never ideal but there isn’t anything that we can’t do about it”. We have to get on with it and hopefully try to get a positive results.
He is our fantasy we can work hard but with him games change’.
And the former Aston Villa star admits he would love to return to Glasgow’s east end to experience the real thing when Leicester begin their first Champions League campaign.
Leicester boss has continued to play down the Foxes’ chances of defending their shock Premier League title.
“You want to keep testing yourself as a player and the more quality opposition that we play against, then the better it will be for us at the stage we are at”, he said. Like so many players, it has been a dream of mine to play Champions League football.
“He has earned his place as the manager of a big club and deserves to be here”. We still want some more players to come in and help the team but I can’t ask any more of the players.
Sam Allardyce was confirmed this week as the new England manager and Roberts is well aware that playing on a European platform will do his own burgeoning reputation no harm at all.
Mahrez scored a sumptuous strike to give Leicester the lead just after half-time in the pre-season International Champions Cup tournament clash at Celtic Park before Eoghan O’Connell’s 58th minute equaliser took the tie to penalties.
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He’ll have a better idea of where he stands on that front come Wednesday night.
