Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers is backing Harvey Barnes to come of age in the Europa League.
The Foxes take on Slavia Prague in the last-32 tonight with 23-year-old England midfielder Barnes hitting form after claiming his 12th goal this season in Saturday’s 3-1 win over Liverpool.
Ahead of the first leg, Rodgers says of his young star: “He’s been incredible in his consistency. The area of the game we wanted to develop was his tactical idea which we felt would get him into more positions to score.
“He wants to get better and you’re seeing the threat he has in every game. He’s only going to get better.”
Barnes has his eyes on the prize, saying: “I think the knockout games will be a new experience for us, learning how to deal with a game over two legs. It will be a different challenge.
“The Europa League as a whole, we feel it is a massive competition. The club hasn’t won it before, so it’s one of our targets.”