"I’m told" – Journalist says there are real bad apples in Leicester City dressing room

Leicester City are slipping towards League One after a tepid 1-0 defeat at home to Swansea City, and the fall from grace has prompted a dressing room revelation.

With four games left and now four points from safety, it is a dressing room that, according to those close to the situation, has problems that run deeper than results alone.

The picture at Leicester could scarcely be more bleak.

Swansea arrived at the King Power Stadium on Saturday afternoon with nothing particularly at stake – comfortably mid-table, no promotion ambitions, no relegation concerns.

They left with three points they barely had to work for, and the home crowd departed the ground in a state of fury that had been building for most of the season.

The only goal of the game arrived eight minutes into the second half through a counter-attack that perfectly encapsulated everything wrong with Leicester this season.

Eom Ji-Sung won possession deep inside his own half and ran virtually the full length of the pitch before finding Zan Vipotnik in the area.

The Slovenian, who has now scored 21 Championship goals this season, finished into the roof of the net — his shot deflecting in off the crossbar.

Vipotnik is being chased by Premier League sides ahead of the summer window, and it is little surprise the Championship’s top scorer found the net again, but it was far too easy.

It was a goal born entirely of Leicester’s inability to deal with a simple transition, and Gary Rowett was left shaking his head on the touchline for the umpteenth time this campaign.

Leicester had actually been the better side in the first half. Ricardo Pereira struck the post early on, Patson Daka was denied twice by Lawrence Vigouroux inside the space of three minutes, and Oliver Skipp saw an effort cleared off the line by Vipotnik himself on the stroke of half-time.

18 shots across the 90 minutes, 12 corners, and not a single goal to show for it.

Rowett’s frustration was clear afterwards, saying it was « absolutely ridiculous » goal to give away.

Journalist reveals bad apples in Leicester City dressing room

The King Power erupted in chants of « sack the board » as the final minutes ticked down, and the players were met with boos and jeers at full-time.

For a club that celebrated a Premier League title less than a decade ago, the scenes were a stark illustration of how far the situation has deteriorated.

The six-point deduction for a profit and sustainability rules breach — confirmed after Leicester’s appeal failed earlier in the week — only adds to the weight of what they are carrying.

Without it, they would sit closer to the play-off fringes of the relegation battle. With it, they are second bottom with four fixtures remaining and looking likely to be playing third tier football next season.

talkSPORT reporter Alex Crook, who has sources close to the club, offered a blunt assessment of the situation in the dressing room following the final whistle.

The comment cuts to the heart of what many inside the game have suspected for some time — that the issues at Leicester are not purely tactical or structural, but cultural.

A squad that has underperformed consistently this season, failed to score in their last four league outings and won just once in their last five matches is one thing.

A dressing room environment described in those terms is another problem entirely, and one that will need to be addressed whatever division they find themselves in come August.

Portsmouth away is next. It would take a collapse of competing clubs and a run of form Leicester have shown no sign of producing to change what looks like the inevitable outcome.