The Premier League and English Football League transfer windows have now closed for paid deals. Leicester City oversaw a very successful summer of outgoing business overall. Not to mention the Foxes recruitment department conducting an, at the very least, satisfactory recruiting session on Filbert Way.
That was only thanks to a rather hectic final day of trading though, to be frank. If the East Midlands outfit were less productive over the last 24 hours - market activity would have been an unmitigated disaster at King Power Stadium.
Yet, in the end, a trio of players were acquired; the three loanees certainly appear required and ideal for this lesser division at a minimum. The sales and loans out of the club were magnificent overall as I see the situation. Although we never like to see top stars like Mads Hermansen leave.
How Leicester City managed to retain star player Abdul Fatawu despite Premier League interest
Yet the biggest success story this summer for City's owners, staff and fans was retaining the foremost Fox out of the lot of them! I consider Abdul Fatawu's ceiling to be amost as high as they can get.
We won't be able to hold onto him forever. But this news potentially means he'll be here for up to another two seasons. He'll want a proper try at the EPL with City, I'm sure. But how did they keep him?
"We want to keep key players, and Abdul is one"Cifuentes
First of all, the Ghanaian verbally committed himself to sending City back to the PL post-injury. He appears to care about LCFC.
Leicester chiefs then raised his valuation once they sold enough assets to satisfy Profit and Sustainability and sign others. Ultimately, potential suitors such as Everton were put off or chose other options.