Leicester will struggle to stay up - former keeper Banks


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 13 Aug 2014

British soccer player Gordon Banks, who was goalkeeper for England in the 1966 World Cup, runs with the London 2012 Olympic torch outside Wembley Stadium in northwest London July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

LONDON (Reuters) - Former England and Leicester City great Gordon Banks says he would not put any money on his old club avoiding relegation from the Premier League this season.

The 76-year-old, England's goalkeeper when they won the World Cup on home soil in 1966, believes promoted City will find life difficult as they return to the top flight for the first time in a decade.

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