Waving flag with Leicester City FC football club logo. Editorial 3D
If Leicester’s losing record continues, they risk missing out on promotion, which would mean losing sensational ace as well.
There are not many better feelings for a club than watching a homegrown player come through the ranks to then play a starring role.
Leicester City have experienced exactly that with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, but if they fail to win promotion back to the Premier League this season then he could slip through their fingers.
With 10 goals and 12 assists to his name in the Championship this term, the midfield maestro in with a shout to be the division’s Player of the Season when it’s all said and done in May.
Leicester had to fend off significant transfer interest midway through the current campaign though, with Sky Sports claiming that both Brighton and Brentford were keen – ultimately though, he remained a Foxes player.
At this stage of his career, the 25-year-old cannot afford to spend another season playing in the Championship as he’s good enough to play in the Premier League – as he showed over the previous two seasons prior to this one.
Having been at Leicester since 2006 when he was eight, it would be a travesty if he gave his best years to another club, but that’s exactly what will happen should the somewhat unthinkable occur.
Leicester cannot afford to bottle promotion as Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall would likely be sold
Sky Sports co-commentator Gary Neville referred to Chelsea as “the blue billion pound bottle jobs” towards the end of their 1-0 EFL Cup final defeat against Liverpool this past weekend
Leicester can’t quite earn that label, but their squad is worth almost a quarter of a billion, with Transfermarkt valuing their squad at €224.50m – the most valuable in the Championship.
After beating Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 at the King Power Stadium over two weeks ago, the Foxes were 12 points clear at the summit of the table.
