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Brendan Rodgers has revealed what he said to Leicester City vice-chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha that convinced him he was the man to lead the club.

City targeted Rodgers after the sacking of Claude Puel, and Rodgers held a meeting with the club’s hierarchy where he laid out his vision for the future of the club, and it matched the ambition of Khun Aiyawatt, known as Top, and his late father Khun Vichai.

Rodgers has vowed to fight to bring trophies and titles to the club and he isn’t shy about showing his ambition because he believes the club is primed to deliver.

“When I came into the club, the vision I presented to Top and the other guys it was very simple: It was to win as many titles as we could,” said Rodgers, who is flying out to Thailand on Tuesday with the rest of the squad to attend the cremation ceremony of Khun Vichai, who died in a helicopter tragedy outside King Power Stadium in October.

“So let's not shy away from it, we want to win and that's why I came here. That has to be our ambition.

“Also, to play an attacking and aggressive way of football, but also part of that is with young players, and aligned with that is defending the culture of the club.

“Defending what the owners have wanted to achieve here and have achieved, and helping them to gain further success in the future.

“I can never promise I am going to win titles, but I will fight for it, and I will do everything I possibly can, and do my very best.

“That would be nice at some point, to give them that, and I'm sure, at some point in the future, that will happen.

“But we will have to work hard for that.

“Trophies is the whole raft – of course the competition is there and it's difficult to get into the top five or top six, but with good work and good focus and not just good players but hungry players, then it gives you a chance.

“This is the reason I came here, because I feel we have a chance to do that.”