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Leicester can recoup 9m for player who failed in Championship
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Footballers come and footballers go. At Leicester City Football Club this summer, it is going to be a revolving door. One or two fan favourites will leave.
Along with stars exiting, a host of players who have completely let the Foxes down. In spite of having no backing, poor managers, bad ownership and much pessimism due to financial mismanagement, the side simply didn't perform satisfactorily.
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Not to mention that with all of that going on, an athlete can still prove that he has quality, heart, determination and commitment to the organisation and its cause. Yet some of these modern professionals (so-called professionals) should really hold their heads in shame, especially considering the ridiculous wages that they command, or steal.
Future of Leicester City man Caleb Okoli
One man who falls somewhere between the categories of apparently not caring/just being generally poor, was Italian centre back Caleb Okoli. At times, Okoli showed he was willing to go above and beyond, whilst occasionally exhibiting a lack of quality, sense, timing, structural nous and anything else a defender needs in a testing league like the Championship.
Ultimately the 22-year-old failed to show his true self in the Premier League, nor subsequently in the EFL. Statistics suggest that he was arguably even poorer overall when competing in the latter division.
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Leicester originally paid 14 million for this man, which is a significant fee. To be able to recoup 9m , losing four overall for someone who failed in England 's second tier but could return to Serie A, should be seen as some sort of ironic or paradoxical coup for the Foxes.
As the rain and summer sun intermittently beat down on King Power Stadium, hopefully that the East Midlanders' recruitment strategy learns from such costly misadventures. They must ensure the turning door finally stops spinning on players who lack requisite mettle and competence .
This article was originally published on www.foxesofleicester.com as Leicester can recoup 9m for player who failed in Championship .
