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  • EPL: Super Eagles player, Ndidi pens new three year-deal with Leicester City 

    EPL: Super Eagles player, Ndidi pens new three year-deal with Leicester City 

    Nigerian international, Wilfred Ndidi has signed a three-year  contract extension with clubside, Leicester City  ahead of next season in the English Premier League ahead of next season.

    The defensive midfielder’s  previous contract expired at the end of June, 2024.

    The Nigeria international was courted by a number of clubs but opted to remain at the King Power Stadium.

    The 27-year-old has been at Leicester City since January 2017.
    “I feel great, I feel excited, I feel at home,” Ndidi told the club website.

    “That is the most important thing. I feel really happy to continue with the club.

    “My family is settled here and when everyone back home says ‘Ndidi’, they say ‘Leicester’ also”

  • EPL: Nigerian-born Okoli joins Leicester City

    EPL: Nigerian-born Okoli joins Leicester City

    Nigerian – born Caleb Okoli has completed his move to Premier League club, Leicester City.

    Okoli who hails from both Nigeria and Italy joined the newly promoted side from Serie A side Atalanta

    “I think now is the right moment [for me] to make a step forward and a very big one. I’m very happy with the choice I made, so I’m very excited to start in the Premier League. Now I’m here in Leicester I’m feeling ready to start with my new team,” Okoli told Leicester City’s official website.

    “It was the right opportunity and it’s very important for me. The Premier League is the best league in the world. Leicester is a beautiful club, an important club, and the two combined together, so I took this opportunity to come and express myself in the Premier League.”

    The defender spent the entire last season on loan at Frosinone.

    He made 37 appearances across all competitions, spending 3,215 minutes on the pitch.

  • EPL: Managerless Leicester City eyes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as Maresca’s replacement

    EPL: Managerless Leicester City eyes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as Maresca’s replacement

    Leicester City are on the verge of hiring former Manchester United coach, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ahead of next season’s English Premier League, according to UK Sun.

    The ex-Manchester United manager has been out of work since he left Old Trafford in November 2021.

    Solskjaer has been linked with several roles since then but have chosen not to settle for less.

    The 51-year-old was also expected to be announced as the Besiktas manager earlier this month having held talks with the Turkish side in January. But former Rangers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst was instead appointed.

    It, however, seems he could now replace Enzo Maresca at the King Power Stadium.

    Maresca has joined Chelsea on a five-year contract, replacing Mauricio Pochettino.

  • 2026 WCQ: No contract renewal as Kelechi Iheanacho departs Leicester City

    2026 WCQ: No contract renewal as Kelechi Iheanacho departs Leicester City

    Super Eagles defender, Kelechi Iheanacho has left Leicester City as a free agent seven years after pitching his tent with the Foxes.

    The Nigerian joined the Foxes from Manchester City in 2017/18 season.

    The 27-year-old’s contract will expire at the end of June, 2024.

    Iheanacho scored 61 goals in Leicester’s colours, including the winner against his former club in the FA Community Shield final at Wembley in August 2021.

    The Foxes also announced they are in talks with his compatriot, Wilfred Ndidi, over a new contract.

    Ndidi’s current contract will end at the end of the month.

    Iheanacho has already gotten offers from Aston Villa and Everton but it remains to be seen which club he would lace his boot for next season.

  • EPL: Everton eyes Super Eagles player, , Wilfred Ndidi

    EPL: Everton eyes Super Eagles player, , Wilfred Ndidi

    Super Eagles and Leicester of England midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi is presently being sought after by English Premier League club, Everton, ahead of next season’s football.

    There are speculations that the Toffees have tabled an undisclosed offer for the midfielder ahead of season 2024/25.

    Following an impressive 2023/24 season with Leicester City in the English Championship, Nigeria international, Wilfred Ndidi, has seen his status raised again to become one of the most reliable and sought-after defensive midfielders in Europe.

    Apart from Everton who just showed interest in the Nigerian, four other clubsides have also declared interest in hiring the services of the player.

    The 27-year-old played a key role as Leicester gained promotion back to the Premier League contributing four goals and five assists in 31 appearances this season.

    With just two months left on the contract extension he signed in 2018, Ndidi is free to discuss terms with any club of his choice.

    Ndidi and his Super Eagles teammates Kelechi Iheanacho have expressed joy as both of them have secured promotion back to the English Premier League after spending just one season at the lower division.

    Leicester City are championship champions after amassing a total of 93 points with two games to spare.

     

  • Vardy scores brace as Leicester City crown EPL promotion with Championship title

    Vardy scores brace as Leicester City crown EPL promotion with Championship title

    Leicester City have returned to the Premier League after spending just one season at the championship.

    Their return was made possible after Leeds United lost heavily to QPR by 4-0 on Friday night, but they have now crowned their effort with winning the title away at Preston with an emphatic 3-0 victory.

    Jamie Vardy was the star for the Foxes as he scored in both halves before Kasey McAteer made sure of the points with an unmarked header.

    The Foxes were assured of promotion on Friday without even needing to take to the field. Leeds’ 4-0 loss at QPR ensured Daniel Farke’s team could no longer catch Enzo Maresca’s Leicester, though Ipswich Town’s game in hand meant they still had a shot.

    That hope for Ipswich was extinguished at Deepdale, though, with Vardy’s scuffed effort setting Leicester on their way. Vardy got his second of the game early in the second half, slamming home a rebound after Wout Faes fired against the post, and the points were safe before Kasey McAteer’s third.

    Kieran McKenna’s Ipswich can join Maresca’s team in the top tier with four points from their final two games against Coventry and Huddersfield. They might not even need that many if Leeds fall short against Southampton on the final day.

  • 2026 World Cup Qualifiers: Ndidi set to miss Lesotho, Zimbabwe games

    2026 World Cup Qualifiers: Ndidi set to miss Lesotho, Zimbabwe games

    Leceister City Defensive Midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi is set to miss Nigeria’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Zimbabwe due to injury.

    Ndidi who has been on top of his game this season for the championship side is suffering from a muscular problem, Leicester City manager Enzo Maresca revealed on Thursday in England.

    The DM is set to be out for a period of three weeks.

    Maresca said: “Wilf will be out until the international break. It is also a muscular problem,”Maresca was quoted by the club’s official website.

    “It’s a small thing but when the problem is muscular, even if it’s small, it’s always one week or two weeks because we don’t want to take any risks.”

    Talismanic striker Victor Osimhen is also ruled out for the game, while there are concerns over the availability of defenders Semi Ajayi and Bruno Onyemaechi.

    The Super Eagles will host the Crocodiles of Lesotho on Friday, November 17.

    Jose Peseiro’s side will travel away to Zimbabwe for their matchday two encounter three days later.

    The game is slated for Huye Stadium.