Oliver Skipp and Jordan Ayew both got their debuts today after coming in earlier in the week. There are still major gaps in the team and the squad, and to fill one of the positions, Genk midfielder Bilal El Khannous is identified. The Morocca international is born in Belgium, he made his full international debut two years ago, with 14 caps to his name so far.
Looking at his stats he has scored 4 goals in 77 league games for Genk. The 20 year old midfielder at 1.80m could be one that will blossom in the Leicester team, hopefully able to land their target.
🚨 EXCL. Leicester City go 100% on
Bilal El Khannouss !🦊💰A bid around 15M£ & 20M£ will be transmitted to #KRCGenk leaders.
🇲🇦✍🏼 El Khannouss agreed on 4 years deal with #LCFC.
🔵 Several clubs were interested on El Khannouss this summer but a few were slowed down by the… pic.twitter.com/eOe9YoBOKf
— Sacha Tavolieri (@sachatavolieri) August 23, 2024
Sacha Tavolieri is a well known reporter on Belgian football and his talk earlier in the week suggests this is a deal going through, and it could in some way settle this years transfer moves for Leicester.
A 20 year old player is of course exciting to see signed, but we have no real knowledge of his level, but we do feel this could be a good option, being player of the season at Genk last season.
He has also played at full international level, so his quality and standard should see him becoming a good player in Premier League, hopefully this move will be well over the line before deadline day.
We could see some more moves out of the club, either on loan or full moves. Bouba Soumare was in the game squad today vs. Fulham, but his chances looks limited. Hamza Choudhury will also struggle for minutes, so it will be interesting to see what Steve Cooper will do with players not really being seen as first team starters.
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