Adams orders break from training

Leicester manager Micky Adams has given his players a day off from training "to clear their thoughts" as he tries to prepare for Saturday's game at Birmingham.

Adams revealed that he twice called a halt to training on Tuesday because he felt his players were struggling to concentrate on the job in hand after the trip to Spain.

Three players - Paul Dickov, Keith Gillespie and Frank Sinclair - are still being detained in Spain after being charged with sexual aggression towards three German women.

Adams had considered putting his players through their paces all week as they look to halt a run of 15 league and cup games without a win at St Andrews.

But the mood of his squad on Tuesday convinced him that 24 hours away from the club to give the players chance to regroup and refocus was a better option.

Adams told the Leicester Mercury: "It was always going to be difficult to return to football matters and I had to stop the training session a couple of times yesterday because I could see they were not right.

"There is definitely an undercurrent in the squad and I stopped the work to re-emphasise the responsibilities we still owe to the club and the fans about keeping ourselves in the Premiership."

"I did think about training them every day but after the way they performed yesterday I thought it was best to send them a way and clear their thoughts then return in the right frame of mind.

"We have a game on Saturday and there can be no excuses when they cross that line to go out onto the pitch. People are not interested in excuses."

Leicester have dismissed reports that club sponsors Alliance and Leicester are to terminate their contract with the Premiership club because of recent events.

It had been reported the bank were said to be reviewing their £2m (€2.9m) deal but the club’s chief operating officer Paul Mace insisted the relationship with their sponsors had not been harmed.

Mace said: “Alliance and Leicester is a long-standing friend of the football club and has been very supportive.

“We have been in regular contact and yesterday I attended our regular monthly meeting with my usual contact with the bank, to discuss our ongoing relationship.

“There has been no suggestion of a termination of that relationship.”

City, in a club statement, added: “Over the past week the club has been in regular contact with other leading corporate backers including stadium sponsors Walkers to keep them fully informed of developments.”