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Nigel Pearson has said he can give no assurances about his future as Leicester City manager.
Even before their devastating Championship play-off penalty shoot-out defeat at Cardiff on Wednesday night, Pearson had drawn up plans for pre-season and City's next campaign, and is looking to the future at the Walkers Stadium.
However, he said nothing was guaranteed in football and he has still to agree a new contract as City boss, although he has one year remaining on his existing three-year deal. He said that the ball is in City's court over any further negotiations.
He added that it is now firmly in City owner Milan Mandaric's hands whether the club are to build on their excellent fifth-place finish in the Championship.
"I can't give anyone any assurances because, as I have said before, managers get sacked all the time," he said.
Posted Image "The ball is in the court of the club now and has been for some time. All those sorts of things (budget talks) at this moment in time are private. I don't want to discuss targets for next season.
"The ball is very much in the club's court in terms of the next stage. We will see how things develop."
Pearson said he faced a summer of squad rebuilding, as the loan players who had served him so well headed back to their parent clubs.
Martyn Waghorn, James Vaughan, Jay Spearing, Alex Bruce and Ryan McGivern all said their farewells to their temporary team-mates yesterday as the squad held their end-of-season debrief and picked up their summer training programmes.
Pearson has also told the players who are being released the news. He would not reveal who they are at this stage, but they are unlikely to be big names.
Pearson and his coaching staff will now look back at the campaign and discuss plans for next season at their own meeting before departing on their own much-needed summer break.
"There are going to be a lot of changes, because we have a number of loan players," he said.
"We will have to, if we are to progress, develop the side again. We will let the dust settle now and move on.
"We may need to make changes to the playing staff, as I suppose we did when we first came in, because you have to have players who are ready for the next challenge."
Nigel Pearson has said he can give no assurances about his future as Leicester City manager.
Even before their devastating Championship play-off penalty shoot-out defeat at Cardiff on Wednesday night, Pearson had drawn up plans for pre-season and City's next campaign, and is looking to the future at the Walkers Stadium.
However, he said nothing was guaranteed in football and he has still to agree a new contract as City boss, although he has one year remaining on his existing three-year deal. He said that the ball is in City's court over any further negotiations.
He added that it is now firmly in City owner Milan Mandaric's hands whether the club are to build on their excellent fifth-place finish in the Championship.
"I can't give anyone any assurances because, as I have said before, managers get sacked all the time," he said.
Posted Image "The ball is in the court of the club now and has been for some time. All those sorts of things (budget talks) at this moment in time are private. I don't want to discuss targets for next season.
"The ball is very much in the club's court in terms of the next stage. We will see how things develop."
Pearson said he faced a summer of squad rebuilding, as the loan players who had served him so well headed back to their parent clubs.
Martyn Waghorn, James Vaughan, Jay Spearing, Alex Bruce and Ryan McGivern all said their farewells to their temporary team-mates yesterday as the squad held their end-of-season debrief and picked up their summer training programmes.
Pearson has also told the players who are being released the news. He would not reveal who they are at this stage, but they are unlikely to be big names.
Pearson and his coaching staff will now look back at the campaign and discuss plans for next season at their own meeting before departing on their own much-needed summer break.
"There are going to be a lot of changes, because we have a number of loan players," he said.
"We will have to, if we are to progress, develop the side again. We will let the dust settle now and move on.
"We may need to make changes to the playing staff, as I suppose we did when we first came in, because you have to have players who are ready for the next challenge."