Leicester news: midfielder confusion, a win, Diallo and Praet
Foxes of Leicester go through Leicester City news and speculation. This feature includes the following topics: confusion regarding media narratives of an LCFC midfielder, a friendly win, supposed interest in Amad Diallo and further transfer talk over Dennis Praet.
You can put Boubakary Soumare firmly into the waste of money category for me. If he and a few significant others from last season were replaced by more talented and motivated stars, Leicester would have easily retained their Premier League status. There were rumours that the Frenchman is leaving permanently or on loan, but he’s now joined teammates on the Thailand Tour.
The Foxes defeated sister club OH Leuven 4-2 in a 135 minute exhibition on Wednesday. Jamie Vardy was among the goals; read more here.
Leicester City transfer gossip dissected by FoL
First of all, the east Midlanders are linked with a move for up-and-coming Manchester United winger Amad Diallo. Diallo wants game-time and is meant to be pushing for a switch of sides. In spite of LCFC’s admiration for the 21-year-old, he is likely targeting EPL football after proving himself in a quite dazzling spell with Championship club Sunderland.
Secondly, and closer to home, Enzo Maresca is said to have made a decision on Dennis Praet’s Foxes future. Basically the Italian does not want the Belgium international in his squad in the coming campaign, a story says. The player must want out now and has been connected with an exit from Filbert Way for years.
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That speculation has actually been going on for almost as long as the midfielder has been at City! I always rated Praet as a solid top-flight utility option; he could have been a role man at larger clubs, in my opinion. Nevertheless, with teams eyeing him from Italy unable to make the approach, the 29-year-old may perhaps end up at a Turkish outfit.