Leicester City’s Ricardo Pereira is joint ‘best right-back in league’
According to former Leicester City manager Claude Puel, Ricardo Pereira is the joint best right-back in the Premier League along with Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Ricardo Pereira had a wonderful debut campaign at Leicester City in 2018/19, winning hearts and support throughout the Blue Army faithful. Along with that he deserved and took home the club’s Player of the Season award.
Accolades aside, the right-back is a thoroughly great addition to the side: defensively he’s improved and offers much going forward too. Some still believe that the Portuguese should be played in a more advanced position on the right-wing.
At age-25 the modern fullback is able to make constant runs up the pitch and contributes with assists and goals regardless. Despite his attacking prowess the player not even in his prime yet is able to do both jobs; as is his left-sided counterpart, the highly rated Ben Chilwell.
These facts have prompted former-Foxes boss Claude Puel to claim that the Portugal international is the best right-back in the Premier League, along with Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Leicester Mercury quoted Puel this week:
"Speaking about the Champions League winner earlier this month, Puel said:“At 20 years old, he’s [Alexander-Arnold] already the best right-back in the Premier League with Ricardo, who I coached at Leicester.”"
What an endorsement from a manager who knows his stuff. No, things didn’t quite go according to plan for the Frenchman at King Power Stadium, although many policies implemented by Puel have been rightly continued by current Leicester gaffer Brendan Rodgers.
However, Alexander-Arnold won the Champions League and almost the premiership – at the moment he is statistically the better player. Click here for the breakdown.
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Next season is the real test for the ex-Porto defender, he will be tasked as being a significant element of firing the East Midlands outfit towards European qualification.
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Though the Foxes have loftier ambitions: toppling the top six dominance. Especially with Manchester United and Arsenal rocking with instability.