The manager of Leicester City, Nigel Pearson, has admitted that he is thinking about the English player Kevin Phillips who is a free agent at the moment.

Phillips had signed for Crystal Palace on a permanent basis at the start of the ongoing season, but, he couldn’t make his mark there. Eventually, the Eagles released him a few days ago.

Since the time he left Crystal, he is being linked to the Championship table toppers.

Pearson has managed Phillips in the past as well when he was in charge at West Bromwich Albion. The 40 years old striker had played pretty well under his guidance there. The tuning between the two is pretty good and that’s why the Foxes boss is interested in landing the veteran at the King Power Stadium.

When asked if he is interested in Phillips, Pearson said, “In the last match that he had played under me at West Bromwich Albion, he had found the net thrice. So, I guess it would not be that smart if I don’t show any interest in him at all. Yes, I am a bit interested.”

When asked about not including a couple of his key players in the starting XI for the FA Cup game against Stoke City last Saturday, Pearson said, “As a manager, you need to rotate the players to make sure that they don’t get mentally drained out. You can’t go into every game with the same starting XI.”

Leicester lost that match by 2-1 and got knocked out of the tournament. They could have suffered a bigger defeat as they were down by 0-2 with just a few minutes to go, but, David Nugent found the net for them towards the end and diminished the margin of defeat.