How Marc Albrighton feels about Leicester City coaching return - Foxes snub revealed | OneFootball

Marc Albrighton retired from football in 2024 following Leicester City's promotion to the Premier League

Marc Albrighton’s time at Leicester City came to an end in 2024 when he retired from football.

The winger joined the Foxes in the 2014 summer transfer window following the club’s promotion to the Premier League under Nigel Pearson.

He contributed two goals and three assists in his first season at the King Power Stadium, with the team pulling off a great escape to go from 20th to 14th in the final weeks of the term.

The remainder of his time with the club saw him lift both the Premier League title and the FA Cup, the first ever triumphs in either competition in Leicester’s history.

The 36-year-old made over 300 appearances for the Foxes before hanging up his boots nearly two years ago.

But Leicester are now struggling without him, with the team at risk of suffering a second consecutive relegation after his retirement.

Marc Albrighton reveals Leicester wish

Albrighton has claimed that he would love to go back to Leicester in some capacity and help the team through this difficult period, citing Andy King’s role as a coach as an example of what is needed, but that no contact was made by the club when he retired.

He believes that former players should be used to pass on their experience of playing for the Foxes in order to maintain the squad’s DNA amid the threat of dropping into League One.

“We all say that if we could have a job at any of our former clubs, we’d choose Leicester,” said Albrighton, via the Daily Mail.

“We didn’t all grow up supporting Leicester but we are massive fans now and we just want to help as much as possible.

“For whatever reason, it hasn’t materialised.

“I’m not saying we’d go in and change the world, change everything that’s wrong with the club.

“Andy King is there at the moment and he is desperate for it to turn around, as we all are.

“But people talk about Manchester United and former players at the club who know their DNA, and I feel like there’s something similar at Leicester.

“There was a culture there that I’d never seen anywhere else.”

Albrighton is unsure what role he could take on at Leicester, but that his other former club Aston Villa brought him on to do some coaching following his retirement, and that he really appreciated that gesture.

“I don’t actually know what the role would be in terms of us going back,” he continued.

“But I would have thought there must be some way we could pass on our experience and try to get that culture back.

“There has never been any contact with me from the club regarding this.

“When I finished playing, Aston Villa got in touch with me.

“I’d played for them and grown up a Villa fan, so I was grateful for the opportunity to go and do some coaching.

“I probably did think ‘I wish Leicester had done that’, even though coaching perhaps isn’t for me.

“I’d love to be driving into Leicester every day and be in and around that.

“They’re in a really difficult position at the moment and it seems like nothing they’re trying is working.”

Albrighton spent a decade at Leicester before calling it a day in his playing career, with the club earning promotion from the Championship in his final season at the King Power.

Leicester are currently inside the relegation zone in the second division under Gary Rowett, with the team one point behind 21st place Portsmouth.

The Foxes have seven games remaining to overcome that deficit and move out of 22nd in the table.

The club have won just one of their last 13 in the league, with a six point deduction also impacting their league position.

Leicester were deducted the points due to alleged breaches of profit and sustainability rules (PSR), although they are set to appeal the charges.

Next up for Rowett’s side is a home clash against Preston North End on 3 April in a 3pm kick-off.

Marc Albrighton could help the current Leicester squad

Albrighton is part of the legendary 2016 Premier League title winning side, so he is someone that the club should be showing their appreciation to at any chance.

Failing to make contact with him regarding a role at the club when he retired is a puzzling decision, as someone with his knowledge could be very useful to the team.

The former winger may not be able to make a huge difference if he joined as a coach, but his experience could be quite useful to the current dressing room given their poor form.

It is yet another indication that things are not going well behind the scenes at Leicester, with so many different signs now pointing towards extreme dysfunction at the club.