ealingfox Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 Claudio Ranieri handed £30m transfer pot to keep Leicester City in Premier League Leicester City are down in the dumps at the moment CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES John Percy 27 DECEMBER 2016 • 10:30PM Claudio Ranieri will be given more than £30million to spend in January as Leicester’s owners move to revive the Premier League champions’ season. Ranieri has been assured of significant funds and is targeting at least three new signings, with Racing Genk’s Wilfred Ndidi to be the first arrival of a New Year spending spree. Ndidi, 20, will officially complete his £14million move in the first week of January after agreeing a five-year contract and the defensive midfielder is seen as a huge coup by Leicester’s recruitment team. But Ranieri is also preparing to bring in further signings to help Leicester avoid the prospect of a relegation battle, with a centre-half, central midfielder and striker seen as priority positions. Leicester have scouted Burnley defender Michael Keane over the past 12 months but are understood to now be focusing on the foreign market, despite a number of underwhelming signings from abroad in the summer. Wilfred Ndidi is heading for the King Power Stadium CREDIT: AP Adrien Silva, the Sporting Lisbon midfielder, was pursued by Leicester before deadline day, yet they are unlikely to renew their interest due to a huge £38million release clause. But there is a clear determination to sign players in the January window, despite the obvious reluctance of clubs to sell at such a crucial stage in the season. Ranieri’s need for new signings will increase next month when record £28million signing Islam Slimani, Riyad Mahrez and Daniel Amartey depart to play in the Africa Cup of Nations. Fringe players including Leonardo Ulloa and Jeffrey Schlupp are also expected to be sold after expressing concern over a lack of first-team opportunities. Claudio Ranieri is starting to feel the heat CREDIT: REUTERS Leicester’s recruitment after winning the league has come under intense scrutiny after a summer spend of more than£60million, with Slimani and Ahmed Musa, who cost £15million, struggling during Leicester’s title defence. Nampalys Mendy has also suffered with injuries while Poland international Bartosz Kapustka, another summer signing, is expected to leave the club on loan in January. But Leicester’s ambitious Thai owners are prepared to sanction more signings to help mount a revival over the second half of the campaign. Marc Albrighton, the winger, said: “If the club are looking to do [new signings] then we welcome them. Life was very different for Leicester's players back in May “If the club think they are the right players to help the team then I am sure they will improve the team. We have got to welcome them and get them into the Leicester philosophy. “If people are talking on the outside about relegation battles that is up to them. As players we are the only ones who can turn this around and to do that we have to be focused on moving forwards. “There is a long way to go in the season. We are only halfway but we need to have a better second half to the season than the first half.” Leicester’s defeat to Everton on Boxing Day leaves Ranieri’s squad just three points above the relegation zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbtcity Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 15m left to buy a cb,cm winger and a striker....can you get it done Rudders.... nay bother top lad leave it with me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapero82 Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 2 minutes ago, dbtcity said: 15m left to buy a cb,cm winger and a striker....can you get it done Rudders.... nay bother top lad leave it with me It actually says more than 30 in the article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbtcity Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 3 minutes ago, chapero82 said: It actually says more than 30 in the article If we're genuinely wanting to fill those positions with real quality tops bank card is going to be on fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapero82 Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 1 minute ago, dbtcity said: If we're genuinely wanting to fill those positions with real quality tops bank card is going to be on fire Let's hope so mate because we sure do need them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpfox Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 well we need to be buying at rolex but if 30m is all we got we will be buying at the corner store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livid Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 Going to take quite a bit more than £30 million!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 Maybe the players could sell those cars they were given to help fund this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 Let's hope its 30m plus anything we get from sales! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentFox Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 Can't help thinking the money has gone to everyone's head, if there is any truth in this. We desperately need another centre-half. Anyone better than Was will be useful. Every club has two reasonable ones below the PL. Go scout? Have we really learned nothing from bringing in over-hyped, overrated and overpriced players from overseas this summer? We need some grit and fight for the second half of the season given the battles ahead. Can't help thinking we could find that closer to home and cheaper. When the All Blacks demolished England in the WC a few years back, they asked Lomu to make the speech pre-match. One stand out comment was that he said "I am prepared to die today to win this match". A couple of players prepared to go out and show that spirit may have a more galvanising effect than another expensive show-pony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 Can we part exchange 25 BMW i8's for a decent CB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROB-THE-BLUE Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 42 minutes ago, TrentFox said: Can't help thinking the money has gone to everyone's head, if there is any truth in this. We desperately need another centre-half. Anyone better than Was will be useful. I personally think we have one in Benalouane. He did very little wrong when he played last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 Well if we sell Ulloa and Schlupp as reported that gives us another £20 mill. Does feel like we don't really have a clue now though which is a bit gutting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpjfox Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 Hopefully the Italian centre back (Acerbi) is the second player in, that would still leave abot £10million for another plus any funds from sales i would imagine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itsthejoeker Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 49 minutes ago, weller54 said: Can we part exchange 25 BMW i8's for a decent CB? And raise about 1.5m? Sure, maybe we can bring in Matt Mills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheppyFox Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 Ha I think more is required! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylofox Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 1 hour ago, sdb said: Well if we sell Ulloa and Schlupp as reported that gives us another £20 mill. Does feel like we don't really have a clue now though which is a bit gutting. 15m if we are lucky Imo. It could be more about getting wages of the books so we can bring in new players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksky Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 Don't forget we've just spent £15m on Ndidi, at the moment there is nothing else close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Teapot Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 Ivanovic and Lucas would be very clever signing, can't see us going for them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 I reckon the Ndidi money is U23 squad stuff for the moment - we are building an incredible development team which is great and some of them are getting a first team taste now and learning how to be senior players and lead..... We'll need a lot more than 30 million unless we are turning to the loan market to replace Schlupp, Ulloa and find cover for team AFCON. I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised to see us spend big this window - the club still have their eye on the CL too..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Teapot Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 1 minute ago, Swan Lesta said: I reckon the Ndidi money is U23 squad stuff for the moment - we are building an incredible development team which is great and some of them are getting a first team taste now and learning how to be senior players and lead..... We'll need a lot more than 30 million unless we are turning to the loan market to replace Schlupp, Ulloa and find cover for team AFCON. I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised to see us spend big this window - the club still have their eye on the CL too..... They don't view him as a development player certainly. He'll come into the squad. They're looking at a defender (CB) and a CAM, not sure on names but they're the positions they want. Maybe a right back if an affordable one becomes available. Don't be suprised to see Amartey feature at CB / RB in the second half of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson_6 Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 Cant we buy just a load of average championship players who will play there hearts out instead of spending loads on foreign players? or is that me being "Tin pot"? haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 8 minutes ago, Swan Lesta said: I reckon the Ndidi money is U23 squad stuff for the moment - we are building an incredible development team which is great and some of them are getting a first team taste now and learning how to be senior players and lead..... We'll need a lot more than 30 million unless we are turning to the loan market to replace Schlupp, Ulloa and find cover for team AFCON. I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised to see us spend big this window - the club still have their eye on the CL too..... ...do you honestly think we've got a hope in Hell of beating Sevilla and progressing in the CL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 11 minutes ago, Wilson_6 said: Cant we buy just a load of average championship players who will play there hearts out instead of spending loads on foreign players? or is that me being "Tin pot"? haha Nah man not "tinpot" it's exactly what I'd do - look domestically. We're buying average foreign players from poor leagues. And another £30mill on these sort of players? We'll piss that away easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 28 December 2016 Share Posted 28 December 2016 8 minutes ago, sylofox said: 15m if we are lucky Imo. It could be more about getting wages of the books so we can bring in new players. You'd be surprised in RE to Jeffrey, I work in West Brom and for some unbeknownst reason to me most of the fans and seemingly the management are well up for signing him, I dunno if any of them have actually seen him play or watched his "best bits" on YouTube, the way they talk about him I'm presuming the latter We've already turned down 12 mil for him so could potentially be looking at nearly 15 just for him alone, which is pretty mad. Mind you we will have to see if they are still interested. Leo I dunno he is getting on and has his limitations but he can bag you enough goals to stay up if given consistent service. You would like to think we could at least get close to getting our 10 Million back on him, may have to take a bit of a hit but I'd be surprised if we ended up with much less than 20 for both. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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