Opinion

Three Leicester City players who are simply not good enough including £15m flop

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Leicester City are in dire straits right now.

The Foxes are nine points off safety and are facing the possibility of being relegated with at least three games to spare.

Position Team Played MP Won W Drawn D Lost L For GF Against GA Diff GD Points Pts
17 WolvesWolves29 7 5 17 40 58 -18 26
18 IpswichIpswich29 3 8 18 28 62 -34 17
19 LeicesterLeicester29 4 5 20 25 65 -40 17
20 SouthamptonSouthampton29 2 3 24 21 70 -49 9

Ruud van Nistelrooy isn’t the only player to blame and a series of miscalculations are to blame for the reason why Leicester have seemingly purchased a one-way ticket back to the Championship.

Several players are expected to leave the Foxes this summer but there are some who are frankly not good enough.

Victor Kristiansen

Victor Kristiansen has unfortunately not lived up to expectations at the King Power Stadium.

Billed as one of the most exciting young talents in Danish football, Kristiansen joined Leicester in January 2023.

Six months later he was relegated, then shipped out on loan and now returned to the starting XI.

There is some room for sympathy with the full-back as his time has coincided with one of the most chaotic periods in Leicester history but his struggles have recently meant that Kristiansen has been frozen out of the Denmark squad.

Wout Faes

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Wout Faes was brought in as a deadline day signing to replace Wesley Fofana, who forced a move to Chelsea in the 2022 transfer window.

Faes has been divisive amongst the Leicester fanbase but this season has been a total calamity for the Belgium international.

The defender could’ve left in January with Faes linked to Galatasaray but the £15m has been at the centre of criticism and has been at the heart of a defence that has only kept one clean sheet this season.

Frankly, it’s not worked and even if he bossed the Championship last time out, he’s not cut out for it again.

Patson Daka

Everyone wanted the Patson Daka signing to work, but the striker has struggled to live up to the weight of his price tag.

Daka was labelled as the long-term Jamie Vardy replacement when he was one of the most in-form strikers in Europe.

There have been signs over the years, such as the four-goal haul against Spartak Moscow but he’s had too many chances and time is up.

It wouldn’t be a complete shock to see the Zambia international tear it up elsewhere and there wouldn’t be many Leicester fans begrudging that but after one too many chances, he needs a fresh start away.