The vast majority of fans of Leicester City Football Club do not want the troubled organisation to sell Louis Page. From what this writer has seen and heard said online and in the real world, Page was actually one of the most valued young Foxes; one the Blue Army wished to see not only in the team this season - but in new manager Russell Martin's actual starting line-up.
However, due to the five-year incompetence of chief football officer Jon Rudkin (previously the director of sport) and chairman and owner Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha (who is universally known as "Top") the entire City squad is effectively in the shop window. This means the risk of losing the best players and most promising Foxes youngsters is an ever-present threat that is naturally deeply difficult for supporters to digest.
Jeremy Monga, the jewel in LCFC's youth set-up, was already sacrificed this summer. Monga did at least leave for a fair fee to Manchester City, with Premier League champions Arsenal reportedly too frugal to meet the asking price in the end.
Arguably the second highest-rated up-and-coming talent at Seagrave is Louis Page, sitting next to Sammy Braybrooke, in the eyes of many LCFC supporters and this writer. Yet Page is now firmly up for sale, with both Manchester United and the Gunners reportedly monitoring his situation extremely closely - or even bidding!
Leicester City starlet Louis Page wasn't left out vs Notts County but protected
Martin actually recently confirmed that an offer for the 18-year-old attacking midfielder (supposedly from the Red Devils) had already been rejected by the LE2 club. City have set a purported valuation of £10 million for their academy graduate, meaning it will likely take United a couple of further bids to meet the asking price.
BREAKING🚨
— Leicester Xtra (@XtraLeicester) August 14, 2026
Russell Martin has confirmed Leicester have rejected a bid from Manchester United for Louis Page #lcfc #mufc pic.twitter.com/FE07j7YoLL
That is almost certainly why Page was entirely omitted from the Leicester matchday squad that competed against Notts County at the weekend. In the meantime, a seemingly unconvincing Martin attempted to explain the decision by claiming he 'wanted as attacking a substitute bench as possible' for the away fixture.
Then we wanted to have as attacking a bench as we possibly could. Unfortunately for Louis, he missed out toda
— Leicester Xtra (@XtraLeicester) August 17, 2026
Such a claim falls apart under even the lightest scrutiny, though, because the presence of Hamza Choudhury among the substitutes stands in direct contradiction to the manager's stated reasoning. Choudhury is certainly not an attacking option, which makes the explanation for Page's exclusion ring hollow for supporters and observers alike - he was probably merely protected from speculation.
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