Astonishing Maddison turnaround as transfer flaws exposed – Leicester City season player ratings

Write a list of the Leicester City players who surpassed, or even matched, their previous heights during this season, and it might not be a particularly long one.

While City had issues as a team – from set-piece defending to difficulties breaking down deep back-lines – there were players who underwhelmed too as City endured a sometimes-difficult season. Almost everyone in the squad had excellent games at points, but few had excellent seasons.

So who were the star men and who were those that disappointed? Here, we rate every single first-team player’s performance across the campaign.

The low tally of clean sheets was not usually his fault, but rather that of the defence in front of him, with Schmeichel solid in his shot-stopping for much of the season. A few of the clean sheets City did keep he worked hard to earn, pulling off several brilliant stops in the home wins over Liverpool and Leeds for example. His distribution, which did improve across the campaign, irked supporters while his reluctance to come for crosses was brought into sharp focus with City’s poor corner record, the Dane rarely helping out his beleaguered defenders.

He only played five matches, and one of those was the worst game of Rodgers' tenure as City were thumped 4-1 at Nottingham Forest. But beyond that, he was as good as he has always been in his four years as deputy, again winning a penalty shoot-out in the Carabao Cup with a save from 12 yards, while standing firm as he was finally handed his league debut.

When the old Ricardo was on show, he was the best player on the pitch. It was a thrill to see him dribbling with intent and scurrying down the right wing to create chances, the Portuguese doing so early in the campaign, and then in