Whatever takes place between now and the end of the long Championship season, this approaching summer looks like it will be one of great change involving Leicester City.
If relegation is depressingly served up, it remains to be seen what players would rough it up and stick by the Foxes in the pits of the third tier, with Abdul Fatawu surely a goner, considering he has previously been touted to have a wild £30m valuation.
Leicester will also just want to get players off their books who have overstayed their welcomes, with faces such as Ricardo Pereira and Patson Daka perhaps moved on, after being with the club throughout their rise, and subsequent, downfall.
There is one player, in particular, though, who the one-time Premier League winners must sever ties with, no matter the final outcome of the season.
Once costing around the £8m mark to pick up from Crystal Palace, Jordan Ayew's signing in the summer of 2024 has never truly gotten off the ground.
With 305 Premier League games under his belt, Foxes fans must have been anticipating that Ayew would make Championship football look like a walk in the park.
Instead, he's made it look like an arduous slog, as his goalless form in front of goal continues to infuriate the already sensitive King Power masses.
Why Leicester must ditch Ayew
To start with, Ayew hasn't been a complete failure since leaving Selhurst Park for a shot at glory, during the latter stages of his career, with the Foxes.
Indeed, he has bagged 11 goals from 70 appearances, with the Ghanaian actually firing home five of those this season, as a versatile and malleable forward presence.
Unbelievable one-touch combination play from Leicester City opens the door for Jordan Ayew! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/Pv1pOtmV2v
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However, since finishing off this slick team move against West Bromwich Albion at the start of the January, the ageing number nine has been rather flat.
11 games have now passed the 34-year-old by without a meaningful goal contribution falling into his lap, with his status as a first-team regular, consequently, falling to the wayside under Rowett.
He was particularly anonymous against Norwich City in late February, as he managed just six unmemorable touches of the ball, from a 14-minute cameo in place of the aforementioned Daka.
With Daka also picking up three goal contributions since the Ghanaian was in the right place, at the right time to convert his Baggies strike, it feels almost written into the script now that Ayew will walk away from Leicestershire at the close of his expiring contract.
After all, if there is to be a new dawn next season, after the shambles of this campaign, Leicester must not persist with an arguable has-been, who his way past his peak now at nearly 35 years of age.
He has had a distinguished career at the very top with Marseille and Crystal Palace to name just a few of his littered clubs, but his Leicester chapter looks to be ending on a rather sour note.