Steve Cooper’s only objective this season is to keep Leicester City in the Premier League.
That was exactly the job Steve Cooper was brought in to do and Leicester City took a step in the right direction with a first league win of the season against Bournemouth last time out.
The next three games against Southampton, Nottingham Forest and Ipswich Town are likely to be vital to Cooper’s future at the club.
Given the pressure he is under, Cooper has been reluctant to utilise Leicester’s academy so far, but if he is to stay long-term then the Welshman could well benefit from a number of talented players coming through the youth teams.
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Louis Page tipped for bright Leicester City future
Hamza Choudhury, 26, is the only player from Leicester’s academy who regularly features for the first-team, with 23-year-old Luke Thomas not in favour this season.
Will Alves is considered a bright young talent and perhaps needs an EFL loan, whilst Kasey McAteer finds himself on the fringes.
Each season, The Guardian issue a ‘Next Generation’ feature which looks at the best youngsters at each Premier League club.
They have now released the 2024 edition, looking at players born between September 1st 2007 and August 31st 2008; effectively 16 and 17-year-olds.
For Leicester, The Guardian have picked out 16-year-old Louis Page as the academy gem that should have Foxes fans most excited.
Who is Leicester City youngster Louis Page?
Despite being just 16, Page has already made his under-21 debut and Leicester will be keen to ensure the get his development right.
The Guardian have explained their selection, saying: ‘A local lad who grew up just south of Leicester in Lutterworth, Page is a box-to-box midfielder who loves to run with the ball and penetrate the opposition box.
He is one of the youngest first-year scholars on the club’s books but made his under-21s debut in victory against Hull last month and proved he could cope with the step up in class.
Technically, he is a gifted player, capable of manipulating and keeping the ball in tight areas.
Physically, the sense is there is still more to come but Page has cemented a place in Leicester’s Under-18s, for whom he shone against West Ham, and is expected to push for regular game time in the under-21s.
Page, the son of Don, the former Rotherham and Wigan forward, joined the club aged nine’.
Currently, the path from the academy to the first-team is not a well-trodden one, but Page will hope he can buck that trend in the next few years.