James Maddison not leaving Leicester City in January
James Maddison does not quite see himself leaving Leicester City in the January transfer window, according to Manchester Evening News.
While Manchester United do retain their interest in him and would be willing to doing business with Leicester, those close to Maddison believe that an offer is still unlikely to come anytime soon and a deal – if any – will only go through in the summer.
Speaking of deals, Maddison’s entourage, reportedly, insist that that the 22-year old is not close to signing a new deal at Leicester. He wants to wait till the summer to take a decision.
Well, imagine the scenes when Maddison has not a signed a new contract and Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal et al are all coming in with bid after bid. Leicester Twitter could explode.
The club are confident, though, that the former Norwich City midfielder will sign a contract extension – that is according to The Athletic’s David Ornstein.
Much like Leicester’s football, their work off the field is world-class as well, so you would trust them on this one. They have never messed around when it comes to the star players’ contracts, which is how and why they got £60 million for Riyad Mahrez and £80 million for Harry Maguire.
We do not talk about it often but this is just as important. If your best let players run down their deals, then you’ve got no choice but to take a loss and move on if a bigger club comes in, as we have seen before so many times.
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This management is part of the reason why Leicester are doing so well. They have built the club with real planning, common sense and sensibility and they are reaping the rewards for it.