{"id":839812,"date":"2025-04-08T12:12:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T17:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/can-ndidis-leicester-survive-relegation-ruud-van-nistelrooy-has-his-say\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T12:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T17:12:36","slug":"can-ndidis-leicester-survive-relegation-ruud-van-nistelrooy-has-his-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/can-ndidis-leicester-survive-relegation-ruud-van-nistelrooy-has-his-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Ndidi\u2019s Leicester survive relegation? Ruud Van Nistelrooy has his say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Leicester City head coach, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, has vowed his side will fight to the very end to ensure top-flight status in the English Premier League, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former Manchester United forward was without Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, when he took over the coaching reins at the King Power Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The former Genk man was battling an injury at the time, and while his return promised a huge boost for the Foxes, it failed to deliver as they\u2019re yet to win a game since their 2-1 victory over Ange Postecoglu\u2019s Tottenham Hotspur in January.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156010\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1060565219-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156010\">Ruud van Nistelrooy. 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[Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Ndidi\u2019s national teammates, Joe Aribo and Paul Onuachu, have been relegated to the EFL Championship with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/aribo-and-onuachu-fall-with-southampton.html\">Southampton<\/a><\/strong>, Leicester\u2019s coach has revealed his team won\u2019t throw the towel in.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe have to get up. It\u2019s my responsibility to do my job the best I can for the last eight games. I don\u2019t look further on. It\u2019s hard enough to keep the spirits up and everyone together because it\u2019s not going well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are a team, and we stick together. If we do that, we have a chance of results. We are purely focused on the games, and it\u2019s difficult enough to keep our spirits up in the space we are in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something that I feel I want to go through with the team, the squad and the staff. Stay together and stay connected. Fight through this as people. We need to give everything every day to get out of this. It is not something I want to walk away from. I want to fight every day. We will fight until the end,\u201d the ex-Real Madrid striker said in quotes revealed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c8jeynww3dwo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Sports<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156007\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156007\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1059725425-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156007\">Wilfred Ndidi during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Leicester City at Stamford Bridge, London, England, on 9 March 2025. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Leicester City are currently 19th on the English Premier League table, directly above already-relegated Southampton. However, the Foxes have hope, albeit very little.<\/p>\n<p>Ndidi\u2019s side are 15 points away from safety. 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