Leicester: David Ornstein says Arsenal won’t sign James Maddison

Trusted Arsenal news source and journalist David Ornstein explains why the Gunners won’t sign James Maddison from Leicester City.

Leicester City supporters have had a few worrying articles on James Maddison’s immediate future to ponder of late; Mirror, for example, posted fairly contradictory pieces over the previous 24 hours. Will he or won’t he? Well, basically we can now be 99 per cent sure that the England international will not leave the Foxes during this off-season.

Essentially the Blue Army was never that concerned as it was only Arsenal because their pull just isn’t what it used to be. Yes, they’re a very significant club from England and are historically a big team – but it’s been downhill for years at Emirates Stadium.

Evidently the Gunners‘ funds also appear to be minimal, which hurts their chances of securing major talent. Everyone is also aware of the fact that the LCFC hierarchy would not have settled for anything below £70million cash; or with a supplement player from the North London side to sweeten any potential deal.

However, thanks to trusted Arsenal source David Ornstein – even the Gooner faithful can’t argue with this news – any prospective agreement between clubs for the No.10 is now unrealistic:

"“James Maddison: that’s not what I can see developing. I think that would be a huge stretch of Arsenal’s finances; and I’m not sure it’s realistic especially with [Emile] Smith Rowe signing a new contract.”Via Football365"

Leicester City’s first 2021/22 friendly

Of course, this Saturday sees the Foxes return to action with a friendly clash against Burton Albion; the last time the two met it was a practice match in May 2020 and the east Midlands outfit won 3-1. Over the course of footballing history the two have contested competitively five times since 1985: Leicester won on four occasions, with the Brewers triumphant once.