The Blue Army are going to have to reconcile themselves to the prospect of a radically altered Leicester City squad with remarkable celerity. As clubs navigate the impending offseason, the current composition of the playing staff is destined to undergo a significant and rather unsettling contraction.
Subsequently, the Foxes will almost certainly pursue a series of acquisitions that appear, at first glance, both profoundly uninspiring and suspiciously obscure. This publication maintains a staunch commitment to delivering the peculiar and rather troubling reality of LCFC directly to you, eschewing the temptation of offering hollow hope or enticing, yet ultimately vacuous, click-bait.
Here at Foxes of Leicester, striving to parse through the cacophony of reports to provide you with the unvarnished truth and insight is the aspiration. It is necessary to simultaneously dismantle nonsensical speculation that has become far too prevalent in the current digital landscape.
​That being said, there is a specific, pressing matter that requires immediate attention for the sake of the LE2 faithful. For not the first time this calendar year, a local media outlet has seen fit to perpetuate a claim that has already arguably been thoroughly debunked.
A slow Leicester City news day is no excuse
Essentially, the East Midlands outfit is simply not in the financial position to re-sign, nor permanently secure, a talent of Jordan James's current valuation and burgeoning reputation. To be perfectly candid, the player himself possesses the reported option to ply his trade in one of Europe's coveted top-five divisions. So why would he consider tier three?
Failing potential elite moves, he retains the EFL Championship as a viable fallback, particularly as he quite pointedly remains the 'property' of a Ligue 1 institution. Consequently, any lingering suggestion that City retains a genuine chance to acquire the Welshman, an international, has clearly been categorically disproven.
"Manchester United’s signing of Ederson could put an end to any faint hope Leicester City may have of re-signing Jordan James in the summer transfer window."Leicestershire Live
It is, frankly, entirely irresponsible for a journalist to suggest that the transfer manoeuvres of Manchester United might tangentially affect any Leicester prospects at this precarious juncture. Furthermore, it remains an inconvenient truth that the Leicestershire side possess a transfer budget hovering near the £10 million mark, provided they are exceedingly fortunate.
"Some City fans may have been holding on to a small amount of hope that things could change over the summer, given James' impact on the team. It seems that other moves in the window are extinguishing those hopes, though."
With James valued at roughly half that sum, no club in its right mind would squander half of its total kitty on a solitary asset, regardless of how sublime a midfielder he may be. The man himself has already offered his farewells, making it all the more farcical that the reporter or organisations in question continue to contradict its own previous reporting. Leicester Mercury previously stated that a deal would not occur - even if City avoided relegation.
"That has led to the Serie A side turning to James as a potential replacement."
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