Danny Simpson’s Leicester City fate confirmed
Leicester City boss Claude Puel’s latest words have all but confirmed that Danny Simpson’s days at the club are numbered.
The 31-year old had been seen as a weak link last season because of his lack of attacking intent, and Puel was quick to address that issue as he brought in Ricardo Pereira from FC Porto pretty early in the summer.
It was expected that even with the presence of Daniel Amartey and Josh Knight as the other two right-backs, Simpson would still have a part to play; however, that is not going to be the case.
Speaking of the former Queens Park Rangers full-back after the 2-1 win in the final friendly against former side Lille, Puel said:
"“There is competition.“We have different possibilities with Ricardo and Amartey.“With Danny Simpson, I made a choice and, for the moment, we play with Ricardo and Amartey.”"
It is the right time for Leicester to move on from Simpson. Jaded legs would do more harm than good to the kind of side that Puel wants to build, as we did see on a number of occasions last season.
In Pereira, the Foxes have one of the best (in his position) in the Premier League. Not only is he the complete modern-day right-back but versatile as well, meaning that shall a change of formation ever be thought of, then he’d be completely ready for that.
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The same can be said of Ben Chilwell on the other side of the pitch. There were doubts if the young Englishman was ready to step up, but he took his chances well in the previous campaign and was able to replace Christian Fuchs as the first choice left-back.