The Leicester City Courier
Squad3 Jul 2028
Emil Riis damages knee ligaments — 16 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 16 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market3 Jul 2028
Leicester City turn down Luton Town for Patson Daka
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
The dugout3 Jul 2028
Alex Palmer: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Leicester City have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets3 Jul 2028
Max Sanders due for a Leicester City medical
Everything agreed with Barnsley, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets3 Jul 2028
Leicester City make their move for Vladan Kovačević
$1.8M on the table at Norwich City. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market3 Jul 2028
Anthony Clark hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Leicester City can pretend not to have heard.
Market3 Jul 2028
Wout Faes wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Leicester City hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Transfer targets3 Jul 2028
Birmingham tell Leicester City: Patrick Roberts is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad3 Jul 2028
James Tarkowski signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” James Tarkowski and Leicester City agree another 3 years.
In brief
- Squad Marcos Ortíz arrives at the club he grew up with
- Market No place for Jordan Ayew in the plan
- Transfer targets A loan move for Owen Graham-Roache is in the works