With the transfer window dwindling down, Leicester City is desperate to make some transfer moves. Fiorentina has declared Leicester winger target Nico Gonzalez as ‘untouchable’. Defender target Kamil Piatkowski signed with KAA Gent instead of the foxes. With their main targets dwindling, LCFC supposedly turned attention to Manchester United’s Scott McTominay, as you can read here.
The Scottish midfielder used to get frequent playing time at United. However, the signing of Casemiro and United being interested in Ivan Fresneda has dwindled down his playing time. A move to King Power Stadium could give him the playing time he desires. However, this is a move Leicester needs to avoid for plenty of reasons.
A defensive midfielder is the last position Leicester City needs to address
Brendan Rodgers and his side have a lot of weaknesses. The squad has major holes such as centre-back, right-wing, full-backs and goalkeeper. With there being so many issues to address, why are we looking at a defensive midfielder? This squad has Wilfred Ndidi, Boubakary Soumare and Nampalys Mendy. That is three Premier League quality defensive midfielders in the squad already. A fourth is clearly not needed as we are struggling to find playing time for the three we have already.
This squad’s only wingers are Harvey Barnes and Marc Albrighton. Rodgers is forced to play Daniel Amartey every game because we have no actual good centrebacks outside of Wout Faes. Danny Ward is actually our starting goalkeeper and we have no options for a replacement. This squad is already so weak when it comes to depth which is a major issue when you take into consideration how many injuries we are dealing with already. Taking all of this into consideration, we have to realize a signing of a defensive midfielder would be pointless.
Scott McTominay is not an upgrade over what we have
Each of our defensive midfielders has flaws, like any other football player in the world. However, McTominay does not bring a significant upgrade for these players’ issues. For a defensive midfielder, he struggles defensively which is strange to think about. On numerous occasions, teams have taken advantage of United when they have McTominay as the sole defensive midfielder. This is similar to Soumare.
Offensively, he is good at driving into the final third. However, he can appear to be a ghost in some games and can be nonexistent. He likes to play between the opposing team’s attackers and midfielders. This makes it hard for the defensive line to get him the ball. McTominay is also not accurate when it comes to passing the ball. This season in the Premier League, he has a pass accuracy of 82 per cent. Ndidi is horrendous at passing yet he has a pass accuracy of 87% in the Premier League. McTominay is physically strong but that is not enough when you compare him to the defensive midfielders we have.
The club has minimal money
As the board has seemingly made it clear, we have almost no money. We struggle to make transfer news throughout both transfer windows this season. If we have some money to dish out, do we really want to use it on McTominay? We have a netspend of £3million which is ridiculously low. It is challenging to convince the club to dish out some cash. So is the Scot really the player we will spend money on? McTominay is not a player who is going to keep us afloat in this tight relegation race.
It is undeniable that the East Midlands team is in a rough situation. Just a couple of seasons ago we were contending for Champions League football and now we are in the midst of one of the most challenging relegation battles in recent memory. With our current form and attitude, we are destined to be one of the three teams to get relegated to the championship. We need a major shift and some signings this transfer window would help up exponentially. Unfortunately for us, if that transfer is going to be McTominay, then we’re screwed. There is no other way to put it.