Transfer expert claims Leicester to offload numerous players

Which Foxes could make way?

This news all but confirms that Leicester will be forced to sell Youri Tielemans in the summer. With no signs that the Belgian will sign a new contract at the club, City can’t afford to lose him on a free next year. The £40m-£50m that they will recieve for his services will be crucial in terms of aiding their summer spending. Plus, the emergence of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has softened the blow of Tielemans’ departure.

Elsewhere, the Foxes will surely be looking to offload Ayoze Perez. The Spaniard’s signing has been a failure for the most part, with his £30m fee an eye-watering mistake. Now – with only 12 goals and 9 assists in 92 games during his time in Leicester blue – the former Newcastle man has been all but frozen out of the squad.

Perez’s contract expires in 2023 and, with his value currently at £13.5m on Transfermarkt, the board will be making double the loss of the fee that they paid for him in 2019. I do feel sorry for him, he was signed as a right winger when his best position was as a CAM or a CF, but the form and importance of James Maddison meant he was never given prolonged time in the centre of the pitch. It is, however, time the ex-Newcastle United man was moved on.