Top 3 Leicester City players overall in October

2. Wilfred Ndidi

A colossus in midfield; the Nigerian regularly bullies and robs his rivals of the ball in heated, swift premiership outings. His name has been made – it’s been ringing out in the top-flight for a few years now. Which leads us to wonder why he isn’t more regularly linked with other big clubs, as most iconic Foxes are.

Possibly no concrete bids emerging from Liverpool or Manchester City type teams is due to a rather wild passing repertoire on occasion. Even at Southampton during the 9-0 victory, when the game was still up for grabs, it was. Or at least before Leicester got the huge advantage of 10-men and a massive goal difference, his moving of the ball seemed horrifically affected by the rain. Improving with time, admittedly.

If the 23-year-old’s passes become more cultured, less panicked and calm – he will be at the apex of defensive-minded midfielders. Along with global leaders such as N’golo Kante. Think a more tenacious Michael Carrick – that’s how we’d like Ndidi to develop. In regards of the tweaks this writer suggest, Ndidi is an astoundingly consistent performer.

Statically is where you really learn the quality and underrated nature of Ndidi’s contributions to the Foxes. His most impressive category is, naturally, interceptions. In this area he has the most by six, over the next opponent, Philip Billing of Bournemouth.

In the tackling classification, the Nigeria man is second in the entire division only to colleague Ricardo Pereira. The Portuguese is another whom deserves honourable mention. He is surely a rival for Soyuncu’s potential Man of the Year crown.

Most would name James Maddison, Ben Chilwell or Tielemans if asked which player from the Leicester roster is the most important to keep. Ndidi’s name will rarely arise; yet FoL assert he is maybe the premier asset to retain in the upcoming transfer windows.