Done deal: Leicester City set to bluster their attacking line with Atletico Madrid’s prolific striker-Memphis Depay ahead of EPL return
The Foxes will do everything possible to give their best shot upon EPL return, hence the need for
a viable striker to strengthen the squad. Athletico Madrid prolific stricker-Memphis Depay is who Enzo Maresca has settled for.
Although Foxes supporters will be the first to concede that the eight seasons that preceded the club’s relegation in 2022–2023 may have been the best in the club’s history,
Leicester City may have been relegated after nine seasons of Premier League football.
Following their incredible victory in the Premier League in 2015–16, their first major league championship since their founding in 1884, came their first FA Cup trophy in 2020–21.
Along with making it to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League in 2016–17 and the
semifinals of the UEFA Europa Conference League in 2021–22, that was another accomplishment.
Then 2022–2023 occurred. The handbrake was removed from the financial support that had previously been granted to bolster the team, and this was combined with bad hiring decisions made with the allocated funds for players. It wasn’t something that happened overnight, of course.
The club was still dealing with the terrible, untimely death of owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium in October 2018,
in addition to concerns about financial fair play and struggles after the Covid pandemic.
In April 2023, Brendan Rodgers’ excellent four-year tenure as head coach came to an end,
and the team caused a stir when they named Dean Smith in his place.
With just nine points from eight games in charge, Smith, who guided Norwich City to
relegation in last season’s bottom spot, was unable to maintain the team in the Premier League.
Where Do Leicester Stand Out?
Prior to the 2023–24 EFL Championship season, Enzo Maresca was named the club’s new manager on June 16, 2023. Recalled from his position as Pep Guardiola’s assistant at Manchester City,
Enzo Maresca was given the responsibility of leading Leicester City back to the Premier League.
An exciting appointment, but one that has the fan base worried. Maresca was tasked with leading a large team with a roster full of household names back into the top flight.
After that, Leicester achieved their best league season start since the league’s rebranding as the Championship in 2004–05.
According to the best measures available for the Championship season thus far,
Leicester are indeed that good.
Leicester last won the Premier League title two years after emerging from the Championship.
Even if it appears like a much longer shot this time, Leicester and Maresca are giving the supporters cause for excitement on the field for the remainder of the current season and beyond.
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