Leicester City have recouped roughly £80 million on their two stars, James Maddison and Harvey Barnes, this summer, and more could be on the way.
Other Foxes players, like Wilfred Ndidi and Boubakary Soumare, have been linked with moves away from the King Power Stadium following their relegation from the Premier League.
Then there is striker Kelechi Iheanacho, who has less than 12 months remaining on his contract with City and it is believed that he is high on Everton’s list when it comes to adding to their attacking options this summer.
If the Nigeria international leaves, incoming head coach Enzo Maresca would still have the seasoned Jamie Vardy and Zambia forward Patson Daka, but he would have to go elsewhere for more firepower.
Artem Dovbyk, a Ukrainian striker, may be the ideal striker who is available – albeit for an eight-figure fee.
Who exactly is Artem Dovbyk?
Dobvyk is probably unknown to most English football fans, but he has been scoring goals in Ukraine for fun for the past two years.
The 26-year-old started off at the now-defunct FC Cherkashchyna in the second tier of Ukrainian football before joining top-flight Dnipro – another club that has since dissolved – in 2015 as an 18-year-old.
Prolific in the second tier for Dnipro in 2017-18 by scoring 12 goals in 13 outings, Danish outfit FC Midtjylland – a pretty good stepping stone club in recent years to better things – took a chance on the youngster in January 2018, but he failed to really make an impact in Denmark and in 2020 he returned to his home nation with Dnipro-1.
After a quiet first season back in Ukraine in-front of goal, Dovbyk has exploded into life since the 2021-22 campaign, scoring 43 goals in 57 appearances in all competitions – including a five-goal haul in the Europa Conference League last season from seven appearances.
By far and away the best striker in the Ukrainian Premier League last season with 24 goals, Dovbyk is a strong, 6 foot 2 inch striker who isn’t slow and seems to find himself in the right place at the right time on a lot of occasions, and he also packs a powerful shot from distance.
According to report Leicester City should make a move for a prolific Ukrainian striker this summer.
Championship clubs have bought strikers for that amount in the past, with Middlesbrough paying £15 million for Britt Assombalonga, and Aston Villa paying more than £10 million for Ross McCormack and Jonathan Kodjia.
The Foxes would have to move quickly given Girona’s interest, but they’ve already spent significant money this summer on Harry Winks and Conor Coady, so they can extend their budget a little further for a player of Dovbyk’s caliber.
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