Defenders

The former manager of Chelsea and Spurs would add roughly £77 million to the team’s budget while

undertaking a bit of a defensive reorganization.

James Justin and Ricardo Pereira, two full-backs, signed with Bournemouth and

West Ham United for a total salary of over £52 million.

Jannik Vestergaard (£3m to Norwich City), Harry Souttar (£5.5m to Brentford),

and Wout Faes (£17m to Southampton) were among the other players who left.

Pochettino moved quickly to replace them, spending £7.5 million to acquire

Monaco’s El Chadaille Bitshiabu after spending £17 million to acquire Almeria star Cesar Montes.

The new Foxes manager kept bolstering his team, spending a total of £16 million to sign Fulham full-back Kevin Mbabu,

Sturm Graz star Max Johnston, and Gent’s Jordan Torunarigha.

Pochettino’s defensive options: Conor Coady, Cesar Montes, Ben Nelson, Luke Thomas,

Kevin Mbabu, Max Johnston, Victor Kristensen, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Jordan Tornarigha.

Midfielders

Pochettino brought in two new players to the core of the squad, one of them, Morgan Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest,

will likely create quite a stir after the Foxes paid £32 million for him.

Morten Frondrup of Genoa was likewise acquired for a far lower sum of £6 million.

Midfield losses included the £13.5 million departure of Hamza Choudhury to Wolves and

the free transfers of Wilfried Ndidi and Dennis Pratt to Lille and Roma,

following the expiration of their King Power Stadium contracts.

Pochettino’s midfield options: Morgan Gibbs-White, Morten Frendrup,

Harry Winks, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Boubakary Soumare.

Forwards

Two players left Pochettino’s forward ranks: Kelechi Iheanacho,

who was selected to lead the Clarets’ bid to return to the top flight at the earliest opportunity,

left for Burnley for a fee of £8 million.

Sadly, Jamie Vardy’s tenure at Fox ended when he signed a free transfer to play for MLS team LAFC.

Vardy was a previous Premier League and FA Cup winner.