“You must be bitterly disappointed and hurt by some of the suggestions that you wouldn’t be a good traveller if you weren’t in the team…”
James Maddison, and even Jamie Carragher in the Monday Night Football studio, must have been thinking, ‘where is this going?’ as Gary Neville pitched his question.
“Does that get to you a little bit and how do you answer that?”
The question left Maddison, who has matured on the pitch and off it over the past 18 months, dismayed — and staff at LeicesterThey were left in shock by the progress the 25-yearold made in the last year.
While the Seagrave players have a casual chat over lunch in their first-team restaurant, managers Brendan Rodgers & James Maddison watch Sky Sports News from the large television in the sky. They are deep in conversation as they converse with each other.
After a morning session, it has become a familiar sight to see the pair discussing every aspect of the game they play. This is evidence of the special bond between them.
Rodgers has taken Maddison in his care as he aims to unleash his full potential in the Premier LeagueHe has seen impressive results over the past twelve months.
To give a wake-up call, he dropped Maddison in the last campaign. He also stressed that while Maddison is a talented player, he needed to improve his pitching skills.
Maddison responded.
