Leicester City haven't been blessed with the most steady list of goalkeepers over the past couple of seasons.
Danny Ward would be thrown into the deep-end during the 2022/23 season, and was clearly not cut out for the pressures of a Premier League jersey, with only six clean sheets collected that campaign.
Daniel Iversen had some moments of promise at the King Power, but he was - again - another deer in the headlights for the most part when it came to top-flight action, with only one Premier League clean sheet next to his name for the Foxes.
It hasn't gotten any better in recent memory, with Jakub Stolarczyk tasting back-to-back relegations, as Leicester only really has Mads Hermansen to cling onto as a capable number one, since Kasper Schmeichel left the building.
Hermansen's swift exit to West Ham United after relegation would have hurt, as he collected 14 clean sheets from two seasons as the Leicester number one.
Thankfully, this lack of a Schmeichel-like presence who can singlehandedly win games on his own with expert saves could be coming to an end very soon, with a keeper signing clearly a priority this summer.
Leicester chasing after a new keeper
Schmeichel is held in the same light as the Jamie Vardy's of this world, looking back.
A stunning 146 clean sheets would be tallied up the great Dane during his 479 game stay at the King Power, with his exit to OGC Nice in 2022 hitting the Foxes hard.
Linked with a move for Sunderland's Matty Young earlier this summer, it was clear that landing a new keeper was a must, heading into League One.
Now, they're being linked to Wrexham's Arthur Okonkwo, which would be a statement signing by the relegated side, considering the Nigeria international is just fresh off collecting ten clean sheets in the Championship.
The ex-Arsenal youth product's arrival could solve all their ongoing keeper issues, bringing four years of often uncertain performances in between the sticks to an end.
This signing can solve their problems
Okonkwo's last full season at the demanding level saw him win promotion with Phil Parkinson's men, having kept an outrageous 19 clean sheets from only 33 league outings. To add context, Lincoln City would romp home to the League One title at the close of the season just gone, with George Wickens tallying up the same numbers, from 13 more appearances.
Adding in the 24-year-old as one of Martin's first signings immediately shows the rest of the league that Leicester aren't messing around, as they try to reach the Imps' dizzy heights of getting to 103 points.
This statement buy getting over the line, would also reassure Leicester fans that their team has a competent pair of gloves, finally, with a strong defence key to keep the wins piling up in a promotion race.
He further sticks out as the style of keeper that Martin would, in particular, love to work with, as the 6-foot-6 stopper has often found that the ball has come to his feet during his promotion-heavy stay at the Racehouse Ground to date.
Martin is well-known for being a tactician who loves his teams to dominate possession, with Gavin Bazunu - who he worked with at Southampton - also linked as a keeper recruit, due to his ability on the ball.
Going back to Okonkwo, though, and ex-Wrexham midfielder Waynne Phillips would even state that his distribution, among many other attributes, meant he was "good enough" to succeed in the Championship, the summer before the Red Dragons officially stepped foot in the second tier.
Wrexham are clearly looking to refresh their keeper ranks, if they're debating whether to give up the 24-year-old or not this summer, with Leicester needing to swoop in quickly to land a superb early signing for Martin.
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