Transfer deadline day is nearly here and it is going to be a very big 24 hours for Leicester City.
Form for the Foxes has been terrible, with eight of the last nine Premier League games ending in defeat.
It’s this sort of form that has left Leicester sat in the bottom three – two points adrift of safety.
| Position | Team | Played MP | Won W | Drawn D | Lost L | For GF | Against GA | Diff GD | Points Pts |
| 16 |  TottenhamTottenham | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 46 | 37 | 9 | 24 |
| 17 |  WolvesWolves | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 52 | -18 | 19 |
| 18 |  LeicesterLeicester | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 53 | -28 | 17 |
| 19 |  IpswichIpswich | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 49 | -27 | 16 |
| 20 |  SouthamptonSouthampton | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 54 | -36 | 9 |
To make matters worse, only one player has joined Leicester this month and since arriving, Woyo Coulibaly has only had brief cameos off the bench.
Van Nistelrooy identified four key positions to improve at Leicester but with finances tight, that may have to be reassessed.
It means that going into deadline day, the club and Jon Rudkin in particular have a huge decision to make.
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Leicester must decide on deadline day signing
The four positions in question that Leicester wanted were: a centre-back, a winger and a forward.
Given that loans are the most likely way any new faces will be brought through the door, the pool of available players will be smaller.
Rudkin will know that deals are notoriously hard to do and it’s almost certain that three players won’t join.
He therefore has a decision on whether or not to go and bring in a centre-back or look for an attacking option.
Jannik Vestergaard and Wout Faes were woeful against Everton at the weekend and Leicester are conceding goals everywhere.
A bit like they did with Robert Huth in 2015, a January signing to bolster the centre-back options may be the best way to go.
Leicester can’t afford to be slow and must be efficient enough to give Van Nistelrooy the toys he needs.
Leicester City fans could be left frustrated by transfer deadline day
The lack of urgency around getting players in has been a concern for the whole of January and now that there is less time than ever to get a deal done, there’s no real sense of optimism that Rudkin can get the deal done.
Fans vented about Rudkin on social media after the Everton loss and with the feeling amongst the fanbase at boiling point already, it could explode to another level.
By the time the transfer window slams shut at 11:00PM on Monday night, the season-defining move from Rudkin and Leicester could determine whether they remain in the Premier League or Championship.