Yahoo News Leicester City could spoil Leeds United transfer plans as latest defensive target emerges
Leicester City have been named as part of a group of English clubs currently tracking the situation of Tottenham Hotspur defender Joe Rodon.
Whilst on loan with Leeds United, the 26-year-old impressed in the second tier as he helped Daniel Farke's side to a 90-point haul. Unfortunately for them that was not enough to challenge with Leicester or Ipswich Town, who took automatic promotion to the Premier League, and ultimately their season ended with play-off final defeat to Southampton.
Rodon is to return to parent club Spurs over the summer, and with one year remaining on his contract will seemingly have a big decision to make, say our sister site football.london.
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They report that despite his 2023/24 performances, the Welsh international remains out of Ange Postecoglou's plans moving forward. This would mean a permanent exit is on the horizon, with Leeds interested in bringing the player back to Elland Road for good.
However, just as they were pipped to promotion by the three aforementioned clubs, it is claimed the Foxes, along with Ipswich and Southampton, are all under the impression he is ready for top-flight football and are therefore signalling their interest in the defender.
In Leicester's case any transfer talk may seem a bit previous whilst there is no named manager of the club, however this latest update suggests a switch to the King Power Stadium could happen regardless of whoever is in the dugout come August.
Firstly, he is said to have been a target for the club's recruitment team before Enzo Maresca's unexpected departure to Chelsea. Following that there are two strong candidates for the vacant City job - Graham Potter and Steve Cooper - who have worked with the man in question at previous club Swansea.
It was the former that handed Rodon his professional debut in 2018, before becoming a first-team regular in South Wales under the latter in the campaign that ultimately secured his £11m transfer to North London four years ago.
As for Leeds, the price of failure in last season's Championship race could extend to missing out on a man who is said to have 'loved his time' at the club. Premier League interest partnered with the financial impact of remaining in the second division are two huge factors that suggest they will simply be unable to compete for his signature this time around.
