Leicester City managed to return to the Premier League at the first time of asking last season, not falling victim to any dramatic last-minute heartbreaks like Leeds United, but rather triumphantly holding the Championship title aloft at the end of the challenging 46-game marathon.
Enzo Maresca has now left the Foxes hot seat after delivering this instant promotion success though, with Steve Cooper tasked with keeping the East Midlands outfit afloat upon their re-entry to the top division.
The former Nottingham Forest boss has already signed off a number of new signings, with Matias Soule potentially next through the door, but the Welshman will also be having some awkward off-season conversations now with players he will be looking at offloading if he can.
Victor Kristiansen’s future at Leicester
It would be understandable, from a Leicester point of view, if you had completely wiped from your memory the once record-breaking purchase of Victor Kristiansen, with the Danish full-back joining the King Power Stadium for an excessive £17m back in 2023, the most a player from his native Superliga has ever been sold for.
Yet, despite splashing the cash lavishly for the former FC Copenhagen man just a year ago, Kristiansen never managed to fully acclimatise to his new English surroundings, leading to a loan deal to move to Bologna coming to fruition after the Foxes’ dreadful relegation.
The Serie A side were rumoured to be tempted into trying to sign the 21-year-old back permanently, but that deal is yet to get off the ground, with Kristiansen now reporting back to Leicester first-team training instead, after venturing out to Germany for the Euros with his Scandinavian nation.
With only 14 Leicester appearances under his belt, the Copenhagen-born defender’s time at Leicester would be coming to a very abrupt end if he was to be moved on, after showing some signs of early promise donning a Foxes strip in the top-flight.
