Leicester City Transfer DealSheet: What to expect in 2025.
Before Steve Cooper was sack as manager by Leicester City, he had already begun planning for the January transfer window.
Just a week before his final game in charge, the 2-1 home defeat by Chelsea, Cooper had sat down with head of recruitment Martyn Glover and director of football Jon Rudkin to discuss what they could do in the January window and what areas of the squad required improvement.
His departure doesn’t mean those plans are in ruins. And the next incumbent, most likely Ruud van Nistelrooy, might choose to pick up where he left off.
There is still a month before the window opens, so there is some time for that assessment of the squad to take place, but it is an important window for Leicester City as they attempt to secure their Premier League status.
Traditionally, when Leicester were established in the Premier League and challenging in the top half of the table. They were reluctant to dive into the January window. Believing it to be a difficult market where prices inflated. Value for money is difficult to find and it is the window for the desperate.
Two seasons ago they had to move ทางเข้า UFABET สำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ สมัครวันนี้ รับโบนัสฟรี as relegation loomed, bringing in Harry Souttar and Victor Kristiansen, both for £15million fees, and Tete on loan. None of those deals have been a success so far. And Leicester were relegate.
Souttar has hardly played since, Kristiansen went out on loan to Bologna last season and Tete went back to Shakhtar Donetsk.