Leicester City hope to sign three new starters amid £20m boost ahead of summer transfer window

Leicester City hope to sign three new starters as part of their plans to revitalise the squad in the summer.

City boss Brendan Rodgers has called for a “healthy shake-up” at the King Power Stadium to introduce “more hunger and more quality” to the team and to get his side challenging at the top again. That will require a busy transfer window in the summer, and Rodgers has said “five or six” new players are needed for his City squad to feel suitably refreshed.

He has also said there will be a focus on bringing in players who will be regular starters, making the point that eight of the 11 that suffered the dismal defeat to Nottingham Forest were at the club before his arrival.

It is understood that of the five or six players City are chasing, they want three who can come straight into the starting line-up.

Leicester City have their eyes set on European glory at the end of the season as they prepare for the quarter-final of the inaugural Europa Conference League.

City take on Dutch side PSV Eindhoven in the final eight of the competition with the first leg taking place at the King Power Stadium on April 7. City travel to the Netherlands a week later for the second leg as they aim to make it to the semi-final.

Brendan Rodgers’ side are among the bookmakers’ favourites to lift the trophy in May after dropping down to the tournament after the Europa League group stages. City finished in third place in Group C, meaning that they dropped into the Europa Conference League.

The club did though earn money from their participation in the group stage of the Europa League, with Swiss Ramble estimating that the competition earnt City around €21m (£17.5m). By making the quarter-finals of the Europa Conference League it is