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Is Claude Puel a good fit for Leicester City?

By Jack Mceachen

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MAY 07: Claude Puel, Manager of Southampton gives his team instructions during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Southampton at Anfield on May 7, 2017 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MAY 07: Claude Puel, Manager of Southampton gives his team instructions during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Southampton at Anfield on May 7, 2017 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) /
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LEICESTER, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 24: Demarai Gray of Leicester City shoots past Luke Ayling of Leeds United during the Caraboa Cup Fourth Round match between Leicester City and Leeds United at The King Power Stadium on October 24, 2017 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
LEICESTER, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 24: Demarai Gray of Leicester City shoots past Luke Ayling of Leeds United during the Caraboa Cup Fourth Round match between Leicester City and Leeds United at The King Power Stadium on October 24, 2017 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images) /

Improving players

One of the main positives with Claude Puel is he really does improve the players he already has at his disposal.

At Nice, he turned Hatem Ben Arfa from a Newcastle castaway to a player Paris Saint-Germain among others were clamouring over.

SCHLADMING, AUSTRIA – JULY 13: Hatem Ben Arfa of Paris St. Germain seen during a friendly match against West Bromwich Albion on July 13, 2016 in Schladming, Austria. (Photo by Marc Mueller/Getty Images)
SCHLADMING, AUSTRIA – JULY 13: Hatem Ben Arfa of Paris St. Germain seen during a friendly match against West Bromwich Albion on July 13, 2016 in Schladming, Austria. (Photo by Marc Mueller/Getty Images) /

Maya Yoshida, Jack Stephens and Redmond all improved tremendously under the Frenchman. Redmond went from being just a tricky winger to a genuine goal threat, while Yoshida and Stephens became Premier League-level center-backs, and good ones too.

Demarai Gray’s eyes will light up at this appointment, who will see himself as a similar player to Redmond before Puel arrived at Southampton.

Gray, along with Ben Chilwell and Kelechi Iheanacho, will be just some of the young players the 56-year old will look to shape and mould into regular Premier League players.