The Leicester City manager has plenty of centre-backs to choose from as he thinks about his starting line-up for the opening game, and it could lead to departures
“That’s what I want in every position,” he said. “I don’t want any player thinking their place is absolutely nailed on.
“That’s what we’re aiming to do, that in whatever position a player plays, they get on with their team-mates and have a great spirit, but they have to play well and train well because there’s somebody ready to play. We’re not in that position at the moment. But I hope we can be.”
However, the competition at centre-back is likely to see players move on. Souttar, who does not appear to have travelled to the club’s training camp in Germany, could move on loan to either Sheffield United or Rangers, while Nelson is a loan target for Championship clubs too.
Their exits could speed up now Vestergaard and Faes have returned. Both were afforded an extended holiday after their participation at Euro 2024, but Vestergaard was back in the team for the loss to Palermo last Friday, a game Faes missed with a toe injury.
The Belgian is now fit again and travelled with the squad to their training camp in Weiler-Simmerberg, a town on the Germany-Austria border where Hungary stationed themselves for Euro 2024. The abandonment of Wednesday evening’s meeting with local side Rot-Weiss Weiler means Faes still does not have any minutes under his belt this pre-season, and he’ll hope that changes against Bundesliga outfit Augsburg on Saturday.
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