I should have set curfew - Adams

Leicester boss Micky Adams today admitted he should have set a curfew for his players during the club’s ill-fated trip to Spain.

Foxes captain Paul Dickov, Keith Gillespie and Frank Sinclair, who are accused of attacking three women in a hotel at the La Manga resort during the club’s training camp, will spend another night in jail after the judge hearing defence submissions went home for the day.

They have been remanded since Friday.

Adams, who earlier revealed he had considered quitting as manager but had decided to battle on, told a Walkers Stadium press conference that the three players in custody were “innocent of all charges until proved guilty”.

Adams said: “A minority of players let the club down but if they are guilty of anything it is of being unprofessional 24 hours before a training session - of being drunk to excess.

“If I am guilty of anything it’s that I didn’t put a curfew on the players.

“We know curfews can be broken. They (the players) know that they were there to train at a training camp.”

Nikos Dabizas, Steffen Freund, Matt Elliott, James Scowcroft, Lilian Nalis and Danny Coyne were initially arrested along with Dickov, Gillespie and Sinclair but were subsequently released.

Adams added: “There has been a trial by media but hopefully the truth will be told.

“I know that some of the players who were charged were not there. I have witnesses to prove that.

"Nine people were arrested but some of them were not there.

“At the moment they (Dickov, Gillespie and Sinclair) have been accused of certain things but are guilty of nothing.

“If I feel let down it is that the trip was taken with the best interests of the players at heart to do some specific work.

“It has been a difficult time for me but I am not quitting. I owe it to the fans of Leicester City to see this through.

“I did consider it. The darkest day was when the three guys were charged and taken away and there was nothing I could for them. But I have never run away from anything in my life.”