To gaze upon the current accounts at King Power Stadium is to witness a grand vessel not merely taking on water, but performing a slow, rhythmic waltz with the seabed. Leicester City's financial nightmare has reached a crescendo: a monetary shipwreck where the vultures of Profit and Sustainability Rules circle with predatory intent.
So dire is the ledger that the Foxes find themselves in the humiliating, debilitating posture of a pauper at a banquet. LCFC simply cannot afford to pay for permanent signings, relying instead on a patchwork of loanees that have, for the most part, proved as useful as a chocolate sundial.
Divine inspiration at Leicester City
​Yet amidst this gloom, Divine Mukasa has emerged as a shimmering exception. In a mere handful of appearances, the Manchester City starlet has displayed a technical grace and poise that belies Leicester's chaotic reality. An artisan in a factory of fatigue.
However, the grim but balancing alchemy of modern football dictates that the LE2 side must likely sell a few crown jewels to balance the books. This existential struggle for survival makes EFL Championship status, at the very least, mandatory. A prospect such as Mukasa would surely not entertain the provincial rigours of League One football.
Will Divine Mukasa become a temporary inducement for Jeremy Monga transfer?
​The plot potentially thickens with the Citizens' Jeremy Monga pursuit. Reports suggest the Etihad hierarchy intend to use the current Mukasa deal to "soften" the Foxes. Thereby greasing the wheels for a summer raid on the tantalising, teenage Fox.
"Whilst Mukasa develops with Leicester, Manchester City will not only hope that he massively benefits from his time with the Foxes, but that this loan agreement helps to grease the wheels over a potential summer move for Jeremy Monga."FLW
Is a sophisticated game of chess being played in the shadows? Perhaps. Can the East Midlanders invert this power dynamic? Perhaps.
If Leicester play their hand with sufficient guile, they might leverage a costly exit of the prodigious Monga in order to secure a longer residency for Mukasa. The latter is arguably the campaign's superior performer. While losing Monga may not be viewed as a masterstroke - it may be inevitable and could have an intriguing byproduct.