The new manager has been given a contract for the next 14 games until the end of the season and no promises have been made as to what happens if he keeps City up
07:00, 21 Feb 2026Updated 11:14, 21 Feb 2026
Gary Rowett is contracted to Leicester City until the end of the season(Image: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images)
Leicester City’s Championship status is too important for new manager Gary Rowett to give thought to his own future.
Rowett makes his debut in the dugout as City boss on Saturday lunchtime when he takes his new side to one of his old clubs Stoke.
It’s the first of 14 games that Rowett is contracted at City for, with the 51-year-old handed only a deal until the end of the season. What happens beyond that is of no care to Rowett right now, he says.
City are in the relegation zone on a run of one point from their last available 18. That’s the priority right now and nothing else is worth thinking about until safety is secure.
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“I’ll be honest with you, it’s not on my mind. It’s not in my thoughts,” Rowett said when asked if he’d want to stay beyond this season.
“It’s 14 games. If we win lots of those and after 14 games I walk away, I’ll be happy. Whatever happens after that is genuinely not in my mind because it’s too important.
“This is the role. Nothing’s been promised to me. That’s the role I’ve taken on. I’ll give everything I’ve got to try and be as successful as I can.”
City may be heading to the Bet365 Stadium without a win in six Championship matches, but that’s true for the Potters too, who have drawn three and lost three.
While Stoke have the joint-best defence in the division, goals have been hard to come by, with just six scored in their last 11 outings.
That should boost City’s chances of ending their 26-match run without a clean sheet in the Championship.
Following Blackburn’s last-gasp victory over Preston on Friday night, City need to win against Stoke and hope that West Brom fail to beat Coventry at the Hawthorns in order for Rowett’s side to escape the bottom three.
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