Leicester City are in the market for further reinforcements after the signing of Woyo Coulibaly.
There’s been a lot made of Leicester’s lack of transfer activity and it’s understood that Ruud van Nistelrooy has told the board he’s not happy with the business done so far.
City are very light in wide areas and clearly need help defensively, having shipped the third most goals in the entire Premier League.
It was previously reported that Leicester were looking at AC Milan’s Strahinja Pavlovic, but those links have since died down.
The Foxes are also eyeing Chuba Akpom, though, they’re facing stiff competition from Marseille and Champions promotion hopefuls Sunderland.
With that said, van Nistelrooy sat down for his weekly press conference on Thursday afternoon and was asked about the club’s transfer plans and if any additions are expected before the deadline on February 3rd.
Ruud van Nistelrooy says Leicester are working on deals
With the transfer window entering its final few days – that was very much the focus in today’s press conference.
And, when asked about the possibility of any late incomings, Van Nistelrooy provided an encouraging update, suggesting that two deals are being worked on.
“We’re still working on a couple of things,” the Leicester boss explained.
“We know there’s the deadline and that’s what we’re working towards. We’ll work until the last second to get something done.
“If we can get something then great, if not we’ll carry on with this group.”
Van Nistelrooy hints that permanent transfers are possible
It recently emerged that Leicester are only able to sign players on loan due to their limited budget, but when asked about this, Van Nistelrooy appeared to hint that permanent transfers are still possible.
“Everything is still on the table,” the former Manchester United interim said.
“We have to be open to every idea to try and strengthen the squad.”
If City are only able to do loan deals, then they will have to be overseas recruits due to the domestic loan spots being filled by Facundo Buonanotte and Odsonne Eduoard.
A telling few days await for the Foxes.