Leicester City vice-chairman Aiyawatt
Srivaddha-Naprabha has confirmed that the
club are going to sign unwanted
Manchester City forward, Kelechi Iheanacho.
The Foxes have reportedly already agreed a
£25m deal for the Super Eagles striker from
Manchester City, however, issues concerning
his image rights have allegedly stood in
City’s way since.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola also
confirmed that the 20-year old was set to
move at a recent press conference, but he
didn’t reveal his destination. The same was
the case with Leicester City manager Craig
Shakespeare, who refused to comment at all.
“Yes, we have interest in him,” Thai
businessman Srivaddha-Naprabha was
quoted by Foxes of Leicester as saying on
Sunday.
“But we have to wait for Manchester City’s
stance on this, as they are still in their pre-
season as well. If it happens, it will be soon.
“Leicester City’s transfer market is not over
yet. We just signed three players and there
will be at least one more.”
Srivaddha-Naprabha also spoke about the
club’s ambitions for the 2017/18 season
and sounded rather optimistic.
He said, “We aim for a top-10 position this
season. If we start well in the first half of the
season, then we will also expand our focus
to cup competitions.”
There have been the arrivals of Harry
Maguire, Vicente Iborra and Eldin Jakupovic,
but there are more areas that need to be
addressed, and the Foxes have to see to
that.
Robert Huth’s injury has left Leicester short
of quality options at the heart of the
defence, whilst their pre-season tour to
China has reflected just how much are
Shakespeare’s side in need of another
central midfielder to add creative flair to the
team.
