absolutelegend Posted 5 November 2014 Share Posted 5 November 2014 Does he really qualify as a "Leicester City Legend"? errr yes. massively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty Arbuckle Posted 5 November 2014 Share Posted 5 November 2014 I never actually got to see him play for Leicester, definitely missed out on some good times! Then you perhaps ought to wind your neck in a touch and stop questioning whether he deserves to be called a legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 5 November 2014 Share Posted 5 November 2014 The current lot are not fit to clean his boots. Very true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_LCFC Posted 5 November 2014 Share Posted 5 November 2014 Then you perhaps ought to wind your neck in a touch and stop questioning whether he deserves to be called a legend. lol So I cant ask questions now incase it offends you? Get a grip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 5 November 2014 Share Posted 5 November 2014 Give him a shirt for saturday cant do any worse than the current lot Heskey's side didn't start incredibly when they were promoted and only survived with two games to play. Hopefully this group will be even better, don't write them off yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 13 November 2014 Share Posted 13 November 2014 From Leicester to Bangkok: Heskey contemplates Asian swansong A Leicester City ambassador in Asia who won two League Cup titles with his boyhood club, Emile Heskey still hasn't closed the door on a playing comeback. Emile Heskey's new love affair with Thailand could see the former England and Liverpool striker make a playing comeback in the Thai Premier League. The 36-year-old was last week named as an ambassador to his hometown club, Leicester City, for their Thailand International Academy, which opens in January. The Premier League side are owned by King Power, a Thai duty-free retail group. Heskey was in Bangkok for the academy launch and to be a judge in a competition to recruit the best Thai teenage footballers. And in May he spent his honeymoon exploring some of the Thai tropical islands with his wife, Chantelle. He hasn't played since April when he ended a two-year contract as the marquee player for the Newcastle Jets, in Australia's A-League. But as Heskey struts his stuff in legends' events in Southeast Asia this month, he's left the door open for a professional return. "I definitely haven't retired yet and I'm discussing the option of playing in Thailand," he told ESPN FC. "But nothing has been decided as yet." Heskey should find the pace easier to handle than the frenetic Thai league when he joins former teammates Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman and Patrik Berger in a testimonial game for retiring Singapore striker Aleksandar Duric on Saturday. Veterans like Fandi Ahmad, V. Sundramoorthy and Malek Awab are likely to feature, alongside Duric, for the local XI at Singapore's Jalan Besar Stadium. Next week, Reds' legends, including Heskey, will be playing more exhibition matches in Thailand, under the management of Anfield icon, Ian Rush. Heskey most recently played for the Newcastle Jets in Australia's A-League, scoring 10 goals in 42 games.Whether or not he laces on the boots again as a professional in the AFC region, Heskey is excited about his new ambassadorial role. He says that he was impressed by the skill level of the aspiring Thai players -- from five regions across the country -- as he watched them in trials last week. "Leicester City and King Power searched the whole length and breadth of Thailand looking for talented 15 and 16 year olds and I saw the last 108 kids," he said. "They had five days playing games every day, which was very hard because of the weather. By day five, we got it down to what we thought were the best 16 and they were a credit to themselves. There were some very talented youngsters in the group." The 16 successful recruits also passed academic tests during the tryouts. They will move to the UK in January to join Leicester's academy where they will combine school studies with football training and development. Jon Rudkin, Leicester City's academy director, said: "The young people identified for the pilot [scheme] have been selected not simply for their ability as footballers but for their potential to broadly benefit from what will be an intense academic experience." Heskey knows what it is like to come through the Leicester City youth ranks, having joined their academy at the age of just 10 before making his first-team debut seven years later. He spent six years with the Foxes until moving to Liverpool in 2000 for 11 million pounds, a Leicester club record. He says that working on the Thailand project reminds him of his own fledgling days. "It's a great honour to represent my hometown club as an ambassador because it is where it all started for me," Heskey said. "They put a lot of faith in me and are one of the reasons I had the career that I did." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaelicFox Posted 13 November 2014 Share Posted 13 November 2014 Heskey might take over from Marshall in the Banks Suite poor old Ian struggles with the PA system but he is a top guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 13 November 2014 Share Posted 13 November 2014 Name a stand after him. Hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzell Posted 13 November 2014 Share Posted 13 November 2014 Name a stand after him. Hero. Let's build a statue of him whilst were at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Kop Corner Posted 16 November 2014 Share Posted 16 November 2014 Emile was our outlet ball in the O'Neil era. Like many during that time we got the best out of him and when the club were in financial meltdown in 2002 he put his hand in his own pocket to help the club. He was always a total scapegoat for England when he was often one of the best players but always got stick from the pundits e.g England vs USA when he set up Gerrard for the goal and Green threw one in his own net and they were still going on about Heskey. Legend is over used but to me and many others from 1995 to 2000 he was absolutely awesome and then 2 years later he came back to help save the club. Legend he definately is and it's great news to have him back with the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stix Posted 25 November 2014 Share Posted 25 November 2014 Free agent Emile Heskey would 'love' to make a Leicester comeback http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/free-agent-emile-heskey-would-love-to-make-a-leicester-comeback-9882752.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charl91 Posted 25 November 2014 Share Posted 25 November 2014 He didn't want to when we were in the championship though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted 25 November 2014 Share Posted 25 November 2014 We're desperate but not that desperate... ..Mind you is he any worse than Nugent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 25 November 2014 Share Posted 25 November 2014 We're desperate but not that desperate... ..Mind you is he any worse than Nugent? HA NEWGENT IZ WEL SHIT INNIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Kop Corner Posted 25 November 2014 Share Posted 25 November 2014 There's sentiment and then there's Emile playing for Leicester again at 36 years old in the Premiership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 3 December 2014 Share Posted 3 December 2014 Training with Bolton http://footballleagueworld.co.uk/emile-heskey-trains-with-championship-side-ahead-of-potential-comeback/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inckley fox Posted 3 December 2014 Share Posted 3 December 2014 Training with Bolton http://footballleagueworld.co.uk/emile-heskey-trains-with-championship-side-ahead-of-potential-comeback/ Could that create a conflict of interests with his ambassadorial role? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThurmastonFox Posted 4 December 2014 Share Posted 4 December 2014 Could that create a conflict of interests with his ambassadorial role? Unlikely Kev Phillips held an ambassadorial role with Sunderland while playing for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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