Leicester submit bid for teenage non-league striker

A report on Wednesday claims that Leicester City have made an offer for former West Bromwich Albion striker Jacob Wakeling, currently of Alvechurch.

Leicester City are now starting to again build momentum in both current competitions, the Premier League along with the Europa League. Zorya Luhansk were their victim in Europe; while the Foxes also defeated Arsenal away domestically.

Upcoming for Brendan Rodgers‘ team is AEK Athens, a Greek club. Many onlookers will consider this encounter potentially more tough. Rodgers insists he will not rotate his side too heavily, in order to extract the best from his roster and maintain persistent energy levels. Thursday evening is when the match will take place.

Hopefully the Blue Army will see new signing and Turkish international Cengiz Under from the beginning of the Athens contest. Rodgers encouraged people to recognise the winger’s input in the victory over the Gunners; Under made a wonderful run and fed vardy for the winner.

Leicester City submit bid for teenage non-league striker

Alvechurch’s striker Jacob Wakeling has been a recent trialist with Leicester’s Development Squad. Evidently the 19-year-old impressed in his appearance, as the King Power club have apparently made an offer to the seventh tier outfit for his services. That is according to Football Insider’s “exclusive”.

In fact, the forward was once with West Bromwich Albion but was released recently. He scored twice for the Under-23s against Brighton & Hove Albion’s reserves, which seems to have cemented a place on Filbert Way.

Foxes fans were obviously hoping to hear that the East Midlanders had signed a striker of note. And that sentiment stands for several reasons: one being that an eventual replacement must be sourced for talisman Jamie Vardy. Although, Wakeling could turn out to be the next Vardy!