Leicester City can now follow in Aston Villa & Nottingham Forest footsteps with cup success

Leicester City have every chance of winning silverware next season.

After watching the first team lift the FA Cup in May last year, the whole club were inspired. Not just the senior players, staff and supporters, but the next generation of talent coming through the football club too.

City under-18s now have a better chance to ever to follow suit. The young Foxes reached the quarters-finals last season, losing to eventual winners Manchester United, but they could go all the way in 2022-23.

Some core players from last season's side will be eligible to compete in the competition once again, with an extra year's development and experience under their belts. While Ben Nelson and Sammy Braybrooke will be ineligible due to their age, there are players who are more than capable of filling their shoes.

Welsh striker Chris Popov, signed a year ago from Manchester United, scored 21 goals in 28 appearances for the under-18s in 2022-23 and is eligible to play in that age group for another year. Having already proven he is a goal scorer, he will only improve with more under-23s game time and will be a hugely valuable asset for the under-18s in the FA Youth Cup next term.

Joining Leicester from Man United at the same time as Popov was left-back Jahmari Lindsay, who has also been tipped for big things and can come into his own again next season. Midfielder Henry Cartwright and forward Will Alves, both who already have experience in the under-23s, will also be key players and silverware is in their grasp.

The side will also be able to boast former Grimsby defender Ben Grist, ex- Liverpool prospect Jack Lewis and winger Amani Richards, formerly of Chelsea and Arsenal. Those are just some of the talents going into their second year of