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Ian Nacho

Ricardo Pereira

By Ian Nacho, in Leicester City Forum

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blurryface

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rude not to, at this point I was sure he'd be gone after one season - sad for him that he got injured but selfishly very happy he is still here.

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fox_favourite

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He was clearly the best player in the championship by far by ability and intelligence.

 

He was such a good Puel signing! 

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davieG

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16 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

 

Wonder how many were wanting to leave before maresca popped in 

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-star-admits-transfer-9344896

 

Leicester City star admits transfer offers made him consider King Power exit
The Portuguese right-back has revealed he nearly left the club last summer but turned chose to stay and get City back to 'the place they deserved'


ByJordan Blackwell
09:00, 15 JUN 2024

Ricardo Pereira considered leaving Leicester City last summer but stayed to help their fight back to the Premier League and where they “deserve” to be.

The Portuguese international was a key player as City claimed the Championship title, taking on a hybrid role in Enzo Maresca’s set-up and playing more minutes than he managed in the past three seasons combined. But he has admitted he nearly departed.

Offers were on the table for Ricardo, but the desire to play his part in City’s return to the top flight, plus the impact of Maresca, convinced him to stay put. Now he’s looking forward to the battle for survival.

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The right-back told Marca in Spain: “There is no single explanation (for City’s relegation). It was many things combined. We started badly in the league, confidence plummeted, and it is not easy to change that dynamic. We managed to come back, but suddenly the World Cup arrived in the middle of the season and we went down again.

“We tried to change things. In your head you think: 'There are many games left, we have a good team.' You think it's impossible for it to happen, but it happened and it was very hard. It was a very big shock, especially after the recent successes we had achieved.

“I received some offers (last summer) and my idea, at first, was to leave, but the pre-season began and my head, little by little, clicked. I saw something different. I liked the team, the new manager.

“Also, there was a part of me that wanted to return Leicester to the place they deserved. It’s taken a weight off my shoulders. It was important to move up to the Premier League.

“I am calmer than a year ago. The return (to the Premier League) is going to be difficult, but I am excited. We have a team that, if we do things well, can have a calm season.”

A £20m signing from Porto in 2018, Ricardo was City’s player of the season in his maiden campaign, flying down the right flank and combining attacking excellence with defensive security. He established himself as one of the best full-backs in the Premier League.

But an ACL injury the following year kept him out for some time and he had consistently picked up new problems since. That was until last season, when he started 37 of City’s 46 Championship matches.

“It was important to play a full season, without injuries,” he said. “I don't know if my current version is better than the 2019 version because I play in different positions and it is difficult to compare but I am closer than ever to my best level.”

 

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Just hope he now doesn't want to leave just because Maresca has gone. He can still do a good job for another year or two in the PL. 

Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot

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30 minutes ago, BroughtonFox said:

Could be a lethal wing back again in Corberans system, Hopefully the injuries are behind him now :fc:

I would be worried about him as a wing back, simply because of how much ground he’d have to cover and how that might cause injuries. Having him sit in the middle makes much more sense to me, much less taxing on the body.

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CosbehFox

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Don’t know if anyone saw his missus Instagram post after winning the league. Really humble comment about how sometimes you have to fall a little to rebuild  
 

Pair of them come across as very humble couple. Really top fella. Borderline legend really he should be 

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I'm an enormous fan. We are really very lucky to have him, I don't know if we fully appreciate just how lucky.

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9 minutes ago, Bryn said:

I'm an enormous fan. We are really very lucky to have him, I don't know if we fully appreciate just how lucky.

My favourite player by a mile. 

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Don’t know if anyone saw his missus Instagram post after winning the league. Really humble comment about how sometimes you have to fall a little to rebuild  
 

Pair of them come across as very humble couple. Really top fella. Borderline legend really he should be 

He does seem very professional. I was gutted when he had the ACL injury. But you could tell from his recovery videos how humble and down to earth he is. 

 

Link? 

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BKLFox

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1 hour ago, CosbehFox said:

Don’t know if anyone saw his missus Instagram post after winning the league. Really humble comment about how sometimes you have to fall a little to rebuild  
 

 

It’s lost on a lot of people as it’s only about the here and now for them.
I still believe the best thing to ever happen for LCFC was that drop to Lge1, I very much doubt the past 10yrs would have panned out like it had without it.

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Hope his injuries are behind him now. A superb player who had lost too much of his career. Last season showed what we had missed.

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When he’s fit he’s one of the best players to have played for us, he was at one point probably the best fullback in the prem pre injury

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I could actually see us accepting an offer on Ricky.

 

1) He’s on huge wages

2) His injury record

 

As others said, seems a really nice bloke and before his first injury was way too good for us but whilst I’d be gutted if he went, I’d actually understand the logic behind it too.

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