Leicester City Football Club are having a clear out. After more managers than full seasons to fit them in during recent years, there has been a definitive change at the helm.
Russell Martin, the controversial and polarising former Rangers and Southampton head coach, has arrived. In typical Leicester style, they have installed somebody the majority of the Blue Army collectively did not want.
Just think back to the ridiculously ill-advised and alienating hires of Steve Cooper and Dean Smith. Both bosses came from an independent Midlands rival of the Foxes; truly baffling decisions, or going against the grain procedures, from Jon Rudkin and Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha. Truly astonishing stewardship!
In addition to managerial change, backroom staff were also replaced on the whole. Only City legend Andy King remained as a first-team coach; he is joined by optimistic assistant manager Conor Hourihane, whilst Rhys Owen oversees fitness coaching duties.
16 players have now departed too. A mix of young and old (the latter mainly useless, aside from an ageing Ricardo Pereira) made up that quota; not to mention loanees.
​A large contingent of replacements are set to arrive at Seagrave Training Ground as well. Free transfers, loans and inexpensive recruits will be the order of the day as the City carousel keeps on turning.
A few senior and up-and-coming assets are in the shop window too. Jeremy Monga, Jannik Vestergaard, Harry Winks, Ben Nelson and Abdul Fatawu are among those essentially for sale in Leicestershire.
Sadly, Luke Thomas has not been linked with a particular destination, so he is probably staying another year. In spite of slight attacking improvements, the left back is the epitome of how far this club has dropped, sorry to say.
Oliver Skipping all the way to Middlesbrough from Leicester
However, expensive flop signing Oliver Skipp could be on his way; it would be ideal for Leicesterto to rid themselves of his reported, eye-watering and undeserved £50,000-per-week wages. Skipp has admirers up north, but not from the capital where he hails.
​The Tottenham Hotspur Academy product is apparently wanted by Middlesbrough. Though, and this point is cringey and embarrassing for the City faithful: they paid an unbelievable £25 million for the defensive midfielder.
Even worse, the Foxes hierarchy may have deterred Boro with an inflated £15m valuation. Blimey! There is a player in there somewhere, yet even Chelsea would not pay that amount for a footballer of his quality!
​Although, due to the sale of Hayden Hackney to Everton, the North Yorkshire outfit now have the requisite funds. Indeed, Leicester Mercury's Josh Holland believes that news is encouraging with respect to a prospective agreement on Skipp.
"Now, a move for Skipp could gather pace after the first relevant step was confirmed. Hackney's move to Everton was announced on Thursday "
Leicester must lower their asking price, it is claimed, and the 25-year-old is not a direct replacement for Hackney. Nevertheless, Holland labels this event as "the first relevant step" regarding Skipp's possible exit; how steep the Riversiders will go is not known.
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