Bid accepted for a left-back Leicester are targeting
There may be a month still remaining for moves in the transfer market, but Leicester City must fill two or three roles in that time. It won’t be this left-back coming in.
The transfer window is expiring for incoming players to arrive at Leicester City. Yes, four weeks is plenty of time for admin, flights, negotiations and pictures on social media of your newly prized asset. But allowing them to acclimatise to a fresh team or league takes longer.
Sometimes it’s even a new, unknown country for bought players. And the last thing a club wants is for a recent addition to become incongruous with their surroundings; in the way Alexi Sanchez divulged his feelings early on at Manchester United.
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Leicester City probably won’t get this man
According to Sky Sports, yet another apparent Foxes target will allude the currently maligned Recruitment department on Filbert Way. Norwich City’s Jamal Lewis was supposedly on Brendan Rodgers’ wishlist this summer.
However, the outlet says a bid of £13.5 million from Newcastle United for the left-back has been accepted by the Canaries. This means the 22 year old could be making an instant comeback to Premier League football after suffering relegation.
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On Saturday lunchtime, Leicester played Blackburn Rovers in the last friendly before kicking off the competitive 2020/21 campaign. It was a 1-1 draw at King Power Stadium. A returning, injury plagued Daniel Amartey got the goal for the East Midlands side. He’d been sidelined for almost two years following a broken ankle on the night former chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha tragically died at the ground.