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da blaze casino： You’d think after scoring 14 goals in the past three games that Leicester City would be OK when it comes to forwards.
However, it looks as if Brendan Rodgers still isn’t quite happy with the firepower at his disposal, as he’s looking to make that position his number one priority heading into the January transfer window.
What’s the story?
According to French football journalist Manu Lonjon, Leicester are looking to bring in Club Brugge forward Emmanuel Dennis.
The 21-year-old Nigerian international has scored 25 goals in 86 appearances for his current side (via Transfermarkt), and recently made headlines by scoring twice at the Santiago Bernabeu against Real Madrid, topped off by copying Cristiano Ronaldo’s famous ‘Siu’ celebration.
So at least he’ll get on well with Jamie Vardy, who when it comes to mocking fans with his celebrations, has some history.
Looking for reinforcements
If you take a look at the Leicester squad as it is right now, there’s clearly a lack of depth when it comes to an out and out central forward to lead the line in Rodger’s 4-3-3.
Whilst the club do have Vardy who currently sits as the league’s leading goalscorer, it’s still going to be asking a lot of him to carry the load of the entire team throughout the season, particularly given his age.
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Then there’s Kelechi Iheanacho who as we’ve discussed on FFC before, doesn’t seem to be trusted by his managers at Leicester to start games on a regular basis. With Ayoze Perez acting as one of the wide men in the formation with some success so far this season, scoring a hat-trick against Southampton, it’s unlikely that he’s going to shift inside to make up the shortfall.
Neil Ashton pointed out on this weekend’s Sunday Supplement ‘the turn for home after January 1st, clearly the size of your squad has a huge impact on the final finishing position’.
At the moment they don’t have the size to compete with the rest of the big guns in the division, the sides that they are hopefully going to be battling it out with towards the end of the season.
Adding extra depth in someone like Dennis would be a significant help.