Fabrizio Romano reveals Leicester’s top midfield transfer target

This coming summer transfer window has massive implications for Leicester City and their team – as changes are needed in order to reach the next level.

Fabrizio Romano is arguably the most trusted, listened to and probably followed football journalist specialising in transfers. If you’ve seen his work – or more accurately, witnessed his advanced predictions/sources be proven correct – then you are already aware of the paraphrased saying ‘when Fab talks, it means business’.

Needless to say, the Italian broadcaster’s credentials are certified, and he doesn’t just talk about Serie A and traditional English top-flight ‘big six’ – he speculates as well as reveals information about the east Midlands team. And this time Romano informs the Blue Army of who the King Power club’s probable main midfield target is to sign this off-season.

Leicester City tipped to go for Boubakary Soumare of Lille

As you can see from Foxes of Leicester’s above headline, French Ligue 1 outfit Lille may have one of their prominent assets, Boubakary Soumare, stolen away from them.

Let’s be honest: Champions League along with Premier League football in 2021/22 would be a significant draw for almost all footballers, so les Dogues might well have a fight on their hands to retain the Noisy-le-Sec-born Frenchman. Soumare is an imposing player in the centre, who some experts believe would be a step up from Papy Mendy and Hamza Choudhury for the Foxes with regard to backing up Wilfred Ndidi.

Romano said on his transfer podcast, via The Boot Room, that not only is the 22-year-old the first-choice man in the middle for Leicester, but that a potential deal is edging closer before 2020/21 ends. Leicester, according the reporter from Italy, are confident of securing Soumare in the upcoming weeks. The former claimed he doesn’t yet know the prospective fee.