Seven Players Confirmed to Depart Leicester City

[lcfc_forever]

https://www.lcfc.com/news/3529945/seven-players-confirmed-to-depart-leicester-city 

 

From the players out of contract, they're only discussing an extension with Evans. 

Edited 5 June 2023 by lcfc_forever

[Ryy]

Just now, lcfc_forever said:

https://www.lcfc.com/news/3529945/seven-players-confirmed-to-depart-leicester-city 

 

Out of players out of contract, they're only discussing an extension with Evans. 

We’ve also triggered an extension to Hamzas contract 

[Ric Flair]

Just now, Ryy said:

We’ve also triggered an extension to Hamzas contract 

That was done last summer

[StanSP]

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Youri Tielemans, Çağlar Söyüncü, Daniel Amartey, Nampalys Mendy, Ryan Bertrand, Ayoze Pérez and Tetê will all bring their spells at King Power Stadium to an end.

The Club remains in discussions with captain Jonny Evans with regard to his future beyond the expiration of his current deal this month, while an option has been exercised to extend the contract of midfielder Hamza Choudhury to June 2024.

 

Tielemans made many memorable contributions across 195 appearances for the Foxes since first joining the Club on loan from AS Monaco in January 2019. Having made the move permanent that summer, Youri will be best remembered for his magnificent winning goal in the 2021 Emirates FA Cup Final that ended City’s 137-year wait to lift the trophy at Wembley Stadium. 

 

During his four-year spell on Filbert Way, the Belgian midfielder has played a key role, captaining the team on a number of occasions and scoring an array of outstanding goals. Following his FA Cup Final heroics, he was named the Club's Player of the Season and Players' Player of the Season in the summer of 2021.

Signed from German outfit Freiburg in August 2018, Turkish defender Söyüncü has also amassed over a century of appearances for City, becoming a fan favourite and helping the Club to Emirates FA Cup and FA Community Shield honours.

 

Amartey and Mendy, meanwhile, both moved to Filbert Way in 2016, with the former making the first five of his near-150 appearances for City during the Club’s Premier League title-winning season. Amartey went on to feature for the Club in all domestic competitions, and three European campaigns. Mendy joined in the summer of 2016 and went on to make over 100 appearances, including 24 this past season, with his only goal for the Club proving a memorable one in a 4-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur in February.

 

Pérez, who famously scored a hat-trick in a record 9-0 win over Southampton in 2019, signed from Newcastle United in July of that year. He made 114 appearances for the Club, including the FA Cup Final in 2021 where he made a vital contribution to Tielemans’ memorable winner. He spent the second half of 2022/23 on loan at Spanish side Real Betis.

Brazilian winger Tetê, who moved to City in January on a short-term deal during the suspension of his contract with Shakhtar Donetsk, will return to the Ukrainian side on 1 July, while defender Bertrand also departs two seasons after signing on a free transfer.

 

The Football Club extends its thanks to all seven players for their contributions during their time with Leicester City and wishes them every success in the next stages of their respective careers

 

 

[goose2010]

Meh, not surprised. 

 

Frees up a lot of wages but someone needs to take responsibility for this shit show. At least 100m worth of players leaving for nothing. 

[AKCJ]

That's well over £100m worth of players just being allowed to leave isn't it?

 

You'd imagine the director that oversaw that would be sweating nervously over it. 

[StanSP]

a) why are we discussing an Evans' contract extension?

b) I guess the club see Hamza as a space to fill and one less position to buy for, hence extending til next summer? 

 

 

Glad to see the back of Amartey, Perez, Bertrand. Losing Soyuncu is bigger than losing Youri.

[Guest Col city fan]

If Big Dan leaves, that’s it for me on FT! Who will I be able to argue with and be vilified by?

I’m sure summat else will come up to take his place but I feel part of my role on here will be lost!

In all sincerity though, I’m not surprised he’s off. But I am surprised about Mendy. He’d have been fine in the Championship. I suspect he doesn’t want to stay?

[StanSP]

Just now, AKCJ said:

That's well over £100m worth of players just being allowed to leave isn't it?

 

Youri - £30m?

Soyuncu - £20-30m?

 

Amartey, Perez and Bertrand combined are about a fiver.

 

So much less than £100m

[Lcfc-1992]

Evans surely on massively reduced wages or even pay as you play if we’re renewing his contract

[kingfox]

The end of an era 

 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Goodbye to the lot of them. Don't want Evans hanging about like a tough skidmark either, we need to piss the lot of them clean off the porcelain.

[CrispinLA in Texas]

Just now, StanSP said:

a) why are we discussing an Evans' contract extension?

b) I guess the club see Hamza as a space to fill and one less position to buy for, hence extending til next summer? 

 

 

Glad to see the back of Amartey, Perez, Bertrand. Losing Soyuncu is bigger than losing Youri.

Hope we flush away Ndidi aswell 🙏

[lcfc_forever]

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Just now, AKCJ said:

That's well over £100m worth of players just being allowed to leave isn't it?

 

You'd imagine the director that oversaw that would be sweating nervously over it. 

Incredible mismanagement not selling them earlier to get a fee. 

[ROB-THE-BLUE]

Bit sad about Mendy TBH 

[MattFox]

Rudkin masterclass

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Just now, ROB-THE-BLUE said:

Bit sad about Mendy TBH 

 

Yeah I'll miss him being not discernably very good at anything, a crying shame

[Claudio Fannieri]

The sad part in all this, I am not sad to see any leave, Youri and Cags should have been sold 2 years ago and I think we would have had circa £80m in the coffers. As for the others they have done nothing of any note and been handsomely rewarded for such. 

[Guest Mee-9]

Get your best Bernie voice on.

 

 

 

arghhhhh **** off arghhhh

[Matt]

The club speaks!!

 

The silence has been deafening.

 

Good riddance to them all bar Cags and Mendy.

 

Evans can join them too.

 

Edited 5 June 2023 by Matt

[weller54]

3 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

If Big Dan leaves, that’s it for me on FT! Who will I be able to argue with and be vilified by?

I’m sure summat else will come up to take his place but I feel part of my role on here will be lost!

In all sincerity though, I’m not surprised he’s off. But I am surprised about Mendy. He’d have been fine in the Championship. I suspect he doesn’t want to stay?

Don't blame Mendy wanting out.. Been treated appallingly by the club!!

[Brainy]

3 minutes ago, ROB-THE-BLUE said:

Bit sad about Mendy TBH 

A good few managers had him and never used him. Gotta be a reason for this. Never known one good performance (Vs Spurs) sway the minds of supporters so much

Edited 5 June 2023 by Stinky

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

I’d have been tempted to keep Mendy on at Championship level.

 

How much of the wage bill has that shaved off then?

[CosbehFox]

None of this is a surprise. Evans makes sense if we don’t offer some silly deal. 

[Brainy]

Shame we couldn't get Youri to sign on for a year in the Skybet though