Foxes' demise 'sad to see' says title-winning captain Morgan

He was part of the team that won promotion as Championship title-winners in 2014, led them in the 'great escape' as they narrowly avoided relegation a year later and then went on to skipper them to the famous Premier League title win.

In his time at the club, he featured for the Foxes in the Champions League quarter-finals and played in the Europa League before finally calling it quits after they claimed the FA Cup for the first time.

Morgan says he treasures those years of success and feels they "need to be enjoyed" - even now, when the club is at one of the lowest points in its existence.

"I'm sure the memories of our successes are still quite fresh in the minds of fans, so it is difficult," he said.

"For me, the time we had 10 years ago, the special moment, needs to be celebrated and talked about."

When Morgan left, the Premier League title-winning side had largely been broken up already.

However, the final member of that side, striker Jamie Vardy, only moved on after last season's relegation from the top flight.

The reasons Leicester has tumbled to the depths they have in recent years will be many, with a torrent of criticism being aimed at the club's hierarchy and ownership, and people repeatedly questioning the influence of a succession of managers and woeful performances of a highly-paid squad of players.

Morgan was not exacting in levelling blame when asked about Leicester's struggles but said his generation of players achieved something few could expect to emulate.

"It's hard to repeat what that group did, to have that same sort of mentality and sustain that high level," he said.

"Trying to manage the standards and trying to manage the group and keep the levels is difficult. If you don't quite get it right, it can easily fall by the wayside."

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