It appeared that Lucas Leiva’s time at Anfield had come to an end when it was reported that the player was discussing a loan move to Besiktas towards the end of the transfer window.
The Brazilian came to Anfield when Rafa Benitez was the manager. Several managers have come and gone since Lucas came to the club. Lucas went from being criticised heavily during his first few years into one of the club’s fan favourites. However, he has once again lost his place in the team and this time around it looks like the nail in the coffin for the 28-year-old.
Leicester City have joined the elite band of clubs to have achieved the great escape after being bottom of the Premier League table on Christmas.
The club’s hopes of staying in the top division appeared to be destined for failure six months ago. However, the club went through an impressive run of form in the final three months of this recent to confirmed their stay with a game left. After suffering a 4-3 defeat against Tottenham towards the end of March, Leicester went on a run of seven wins from nine games to stay in the league.
Nigel Pearson was extremely unhappy with the way Leicester City were not awarded three clear-cut penalties in the recent 2-0 loss against Manchester City.
Bolton Wanderers have suffered a major injury blow after midfielder Mark Davies has been ruled out for up to 4 months with an injury to the knee.
The 26-year-old had just returned from spending around nine months on the sidelines because of a similar injury on his knee last year. Bolton have certainly not had the luck of the injuries. It appeared that Davies was finally putting behind his injury problems of recent years after making 11 appearances so far. He has scored one goal in these matches. Manager Neil Lennon admitted that it was a huge setback for the team.
Leicester City had an excellent start to the life in the Premier League after managing to beat the likes of Manchester United earlier in the campaign. Defender Paul Konchesky says that the club is loving life back in the English top-flight.
Kenny Jackett completed signing his 3rd player of this transfer window by acquiring the services of the 21 years old attacking midfielder from Chelsea, George Saville. Jackett had nothing but praise concerning his latest player which arrived to the Championship club for a fee of €1 million.
Jackett said: "It’s a permanent deal on a three year contract plus a year’s option. He’s a really good young player. He’s just turned 21 and has been brought through at Chelsea with a very good pedigree’’
Divock Origi, the youngster from LOSC Lille, has admitted that he’s been contacted by various clubs, but, he has clarified that no decision has been taken by him as yet.
Origi who is not even 20 at the moment has been impressive for the senior team of Lille in the last two years. He hasn’t had too many goals to show, but, he has been giving good support to the other players in the front line.
The youngster had also travelled to Brazil with his national side Belgium that made it to the Round of 8 in the World Cup.
Leicester City have been handed a tough start to the new Premier league season after the fixtures for this campaign were unveiled on Wednesday. Leicester City were promoted from the championship with a record points tally, but even then, they are expected to struggle in the first few months of the campaign. This is because of the Gulf in difference between the Championship and the Premier league. In order to cope with the difference in quality, Leicester would have been fortunate to avoid most of the top teams in the first five matches of the season.
Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has said that he will be placing a lot of faith on the team that has won the championship when the club take on top teams in the Premier league next season. Leicester managed to enter the championship season as the winners, while they also collected more than 100 points along the way. In the end, they almost finished 10 points above second placed Burnley. Despite this, there have been rumours that their manager is ready to complete a squad overhaul, which will see them sign several stars in the summer.