Tag: Leicester City

EPL MOTM Predictions: Leicester vs. Forest, Brighton vs. Wolves, Everton vs. Fulham
23Oct By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Premier League

EPL MOTM Predictions: Leicester vs. Forest, Brighton vs. Wolves, Everton vs. Fulham

Everton vs. Fulham Fulham are in the top half of the Premier League table after eight Matchdays, above big summer spenders Manchester United, and while nobody really takes them seriously as European contenders, they're only two points off seventh-placed Tottenham. You'd have to back the Cottagers as pretty heavy favorites against an Everton side that continues to be in disarray and shows no real signs of sustained progress here in 2024. Everton sit 16th in the table, but they are at least five points clear of Crystal Palace in the drop zone, though it's hard to argue that the Toffees have a better squa than the Eagles in any way. For Fulham, the most likely Man of the Match this weekend at Goodison Park will be Alex Iwobi, for the simple fact that the Fulham left winger is going ...
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EPL Injury News: Callum Wilson and Armando Broja returns, Leicester City boost
2Oct By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Premier League

EPL Injury News: Callum Wilson and Armando Broja returns, Leicester City boost

Leicester City set to have Jannik Vestergaard vs. Bournemouth Leicester City are set to face Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon in the Premier League, and there is optimism that veteran defender Jannik Vestergaard will be available for the Foxes. That's because the Danish national team have called Vestergaard up for the upcoming October international fixtures in about a week, which bodes well for the veteran center back's status in the Premier League match before the break. Vestergaard hasn't played for several weeks due to an ankle injury after it was initially speculated that he lost his starting job to new, young center back addition Caleb Okoli. His Denmark will face two big opponents over the "break", Euro 2024 champions Spain and then Switzerland. Callum Wilson coming back ...
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Ranking the 25 best Premier League wingers of the last 5 years
29Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Ranking the 25 best Premier League wingers of the last 5 years

Ranking the best wingers in the Premier League is a task so onerous that it may seem foolhardy, because even restricting the time span to the last five years doesn't make the task even easier. How do you rank, for example, a new breakout star like Anthony Gordon against a fallen superstar like Sadio Mane? Where does a gifted footballer like Riyad Mahrez stand against a former goal-scoring machine like Raheem Sterling? I tried my best to be fair and account for the unique merits each player brought to the table and avoid any club-based bias. I also decided to discard players who mostly offered value at non-winger positions, specifically Bernardo Silva, mostly to make my own job easier. (Don't worry, I'll have plenty of nice things to say about Silva in other pieces.) Finally, I did...
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The 10 most expensive transfers from Ligue 1 to the Premier League of the 2010s decade
11Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Ligue 1, Premier League

The 10 most expensive transfers from Ligue 1 to the Premier League of the 2010s decade

Ligue 1 carries the tagline "The League of Talents", which is pretty much their only claim to fame now that PSG have completely unbalanced the league from a competitive standpoint due to Qatar's ridiculous spending power. Perhaps Roberto De Zerbi can shift that paradigm with some smart underdog coaching at Marseille after previously turning Brighton into a Europa League side after they toiled in the Premier League mid-table for years. Ligue 1 may not be the most competitive league, but it's still producing top talents who fetch a pretty penny on the transfer market. Look no further than center back Leny Yoro, who joined Manchester United this summer from Lille for over 60 million euros after pretty much every big club wanted to sign him. The Premier League has always been a destin...
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Grading every summer 2024 transfer made by Leicester City
31Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Grading every summer 2024 transfer made by Leicester City

In an effort to stay up in the Premier League this time around, Leicester City had one of the most active summer transfer windows of any team in the top flight, investing heavily in a few players while signing a handful of more bargain additions - or loans. At the end of the window, Leicester City have a more balanced and well-rounded squad with the upside of having a few contributors who could explode for big 2024/25 seasons that could play a pivotal role in the Foxes avoiding the drop. Here is a grade for every major Leicester City signing of the summer 2024 transfer window. All prices are courtesy of Transfermarkt. DM Oliver Skipp, €23.5M Oliver Skipp is one of the most gifted young midfielders in English football, but the 23-year-old never quite took off at Tottenham, failing t...
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Leicester City must pony up more than £25 million for top striker target
27Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Leicester City must pony up more than £25 million for top striker target

Leicester City already acquired Premier League veteran Jordan Ayew from Crystal Palace to boost their attack, but they are still looking to add a goal-scoring option to increase their chances of remaining in the top flight this time around. Leicester City are after Panathinaikos striker Fotis Ioannidis, who scored 15 goals with 7 assists in the Greek top flight last season as one of the more well-rounded strikers in European football. Ioannidis is a proven commodity at the European level now, too, as he shined in the Europa League last season with 5 goals in 5 starts (plus an appearance off the bench). The 24-year-old marksman averaged 3.1 combined fouls drawn and dribbles completed in the Europa League, too, showing that he can offer more than even goals and assists to Leicester ...
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Leicester City interested in rescurrecting former Tottenham bust
27Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Leicester City interested in rescurrecting former Tottenham bust

Leicester City are in the market for forwards this summer, looking to boost their attack for the remainder of the 2024/25 Premier League season in order to avoid dropping back to the Championship. The Foxes have already secured the signing of Crystal Palace attacker Jordan Ayew, an experienced Premier League forward who can draw fouls and score the occasional goal. According to a report from The Athletic's Rob Tanner, Leicester City have added Ajax winger Steven Bergwijn to the list of attacking targets they are interested in for the final days of the summer 2024 transfer window. Bergwijn has Premier League experience, as he spent a few seasons with Tottenham before returning to the Dutch Eredivisie. However, Begwijn never quite got off on the right foot for Spurs, failing to scor...
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Every Premier League team’s most valuable player heading into the 2024/25 season
4Aug By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, Premier League

Every Premier League team’s most valuable player heading into the 2024/25 season

Addressing the topic of a player's value is extremely difficult in world football, especially when comparing across positions and even ascribing value to a player specific to the team they play for. One way to define "value" is an equivalence to importance. That is to say, a player is valuable because he is important to his team, and the "Most Valuable Player", which is the phrasing Serie A uses for its annual award in a hearken to American sports, is therefore the player who helped his team the most. But in this article ,I'd like to discuss value in a less nebulous but equally challenging realm, which is a player's financial value on the transfer market in a perfect vacuum in which leverage, contract, and overall situation are taken out. Let's take a look at the most valuable pla...
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