Vestergaard wanted by EPL club – will Leicester be able to offload?
Failed Leicester City signing Jannik Vestergaard is reportedly wanted by another Premier League club – will the Foxes be able to offload fairly during the summer transfer window?
Aerial supremacy, tough tackling and a fine range of passing – those are the elements of play Vestergaard was said to be bringing to the Foxes. Alas, you know what happened next: an inept season for the Danish international domestically followed. Though there are now signs that the towering defender may have found his feet.
So that sentiment arrives just in time for the former Southampton player to be linked with a separate EPL outfit with similar aspirations. Everton supposedly scouted Vestergaard while playing for Denmark in midweek, and are plotting a move for him when the transfer market opens.
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Will Leicester City sell the centre-back, or is he wanted on Filbert Way?
In spite of the Foxes going down the modern cliche route of employing a recruitment head – well, they did before Lee Congerton left unceremoniously for a different job in Italy, after approximately three years in the position – Rodgers had a say in Vestergaard’s signing. Whereas some top-flight bosses are inexplicably said to hold no sway whatsoever in these dealings, the 49-year-old apparently does.
Therefore the sale of the Dane, while recommended by almost the entire Blue Army, is not a 100 percent inevitability at all. You see, following a dreadful maiden term with the East Midlands side, the former Saint’s value will have plummeted. Even if that is technically not the case, the pool of elite admirers is certain to have reduced drastically in size.
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If the correct price in the King Power club’s eyes is not nearly met, there is a very strong possibility that Vestergaard will remain a Leicester player for at least the 2022/23 campaign. Despite four other teammates vying for two/three roles. With a recent £15million fee along with a contract suspected to run until 2024, this is a partial dilemma for LCFC, as Foxes of Leicester view the situation.