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Leicester’s keep, loan and sell list for this transfer window

By Stanley Challenor

Leicester City players Patson Daka, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes, Luke Thomas, Caglar Soyuncu, Kelechi Iheanacho, Jannik Vestergaard, Boubakary Soumare and Ricardo Pereira (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
Leicester City players Patson Daka, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes, Luke Thomas, Caglar Soyuncu, Kelechi Iheanacho, Jannik Vestergaard, Boubakary Soumare and Ricardo Pereira (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) /
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Luke Thomas of Leicester City (Photo by Robin Jones/Getty Images) /

Ryan Bertrand, Keep:

This decision may seem quite strange, but it is merely as a short-term solution to squad depth in regards to what I feel should be done with our other full backs this year. Although I do feel that Bertrand is quite a significant drop off in quality to the other fullbacks, it is merely from a necessity to have depth in the left back position, as I do not feel that his contract will be renewed past his current contract anyway.

Luke Thomas, Loan out:

I feel that despite Thomas’ perhaps underestimated potential and occasionally mature performances, he is still quite a way off the physicality required for week-in-week-out Premier League football. Therefore, I think that a loan to either a lesser EPL side or Championship club is ideal for the 20-year-old to develop the physical side of his game. Another reason would be to ensure game time for Thomas, with Leicester having a reduced number of opportunities due to no European football next year.

Daniel Amartey, Keep:

This decision is purely because Amartey is the most versatile from the reserve centre halves. Do I think the Ghanaian is good enough to play consistently in a four-back system? I do not. However, he has more versatility to his game than others in his position, so for this reason only I think he should be kept.