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Ben Chilwell: Pushing Forward At Leicester City

By Thomas Bradley Alderman

LEICESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Ben Chilwell of Leicester City and Beni Baningime of Everton battle for the ball during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Everton at The King Power Stadium on October 29, 2017 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
LEICESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Ben Chilwell of Leicester City and Beni Baningime of Everton battle for the ball during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Everton at The King Power Stadium on October 29, 2017 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images) /
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Foxes of Leicester’s Thomas Alderman takes an in-depth look at the adaption Ben Chilwell will make as Claude Puel promotes young players, occasionally placing them in new roles.

Leicester City Youth

Ben Chilwell hails from Milton Keynes, which is just over fifty miles from Leicester. He began his footballing career as a member of Leicester City’s Youth Academy aged just 13, later on winning the Academy Player of the Year at the end of the 2014/15 youth campaign.

The young defender spent five years there before signing a professional contract in 2015.

Senior Career

The 20-year-old understandably didn’t have many chances during his first season and only made one appearance in 2015/16 as both Jeff Schlupp, and Austrian Christian Fuchs acted as fierce competition for the left sided role.

Claudio Ranieri was impressed with the youngster, so he used him during friendlies in pre-season, but even then, he only featured once in the League Cup. Before Ben Chilwell made his English league debut, there had reportedly been bids from Arsenal and Liverpool for his services.

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In the course of the turbulent 2016/17 term, Chilwell finally made his Premier League debut. He received positive feedback for his blocking, tackling, and dribbling ability. This came from pundits, peers and supporters alike.

Starts became more frequent along with more praise at that time. The Englishman made twenty appearances for Leicester City in all competitions.