“He doesn’t have the audacity to talk about a lack of hunger because he’ll be the first one to leave” – Simon Jordan blasts Leicester star for comments after Fulham defeat

Newcastle United want to sign James Maddison this summer, and pundit Simon Jordan believes he is going to be one of the first players to leave Leicester City at the end of the season.

While rumours of a move to Newcastle continue to circulate, Maddison is battling to avoid relegation with Leicester City. They are in the bottom three with three games to go, and look likely to drop down to the Championship.

Their survival hopes took a huge hit on Monday, when they were beaten 5-3 by Fulham. Matters then got worse when Everton and Nottingham Forest won their games.

It was a woeful performance from Leicester, and it led to an apology from Maddison. He admitted that his side were not aggressive enough against Fulham, but disputed claims that meant they did not have enough desire to win.

However, TalkSPORT pundit Simon Jordan has hit out at the midfielder, taking issue with his comments in true Simon Jordan fashion.

The former Crystal Palace owner told TalkSPORT that Maddison should not have the audacity to comment on Leicester’s lack of fight because he will be leaving the club this summer.

“We’re talking about appetite and hunger,” he said.

“If you’re not prepared to win your first battles and win the duels and be on the front foot then you’re not playing for the shirt the way you should because those are the default settings. Ability, adversity, challenges and mistakes – those are things that happen that you can’t legislate for. But you can control your reaction.

“Their approach to the game, talking about the hunger side of things, which has been extrapolated to a lack of desire, and then he turns around and says ‘what I actually meant was we weren’t competitive enough in our duels, we didn’t win our battles’ – well that’s the same thing, just dressed up in a slightly more palatable perspective.”

Jordan added: “He will be one of the first players on the train away from Leicester somewhere else. Don’t you have the audacity to come on and talk about a lack of hunger or not winning duels because you will be gone.”