Leicester City preparing to wheel and deal in summer transfer window

Leicester City cannot be frightened to sell players to fund their transfer business this summer, manager Brendan Rodgers has said.

City are preparing for their busiest window in a few years with Rodgers planning a “healthy shake-up” to revitalise his squad. He has previously said he wants as many as five or six new faces, and it’s understood that within that there would be three signings capable of going straight into the starting line-up.

But City do not have the finances to go on a spending spree without generating funds through selling players, and the likes of Youri Tielemans, Caglar Soyuncu, and Ayoze Perez, who all have one year left on their deals, are candidates to go.

Asked if City may need to wheel and deal this summer, Rodgers said this week, ahead of his side’s trip to Manchester United: “Probably. We don’t have an endless pot of money. So there’s going to have to be something there.

“But that’s okay. We can’t be frightened to say that. If the biggest clubs in the world are losing players, that’s going to happen to Leicester. That’s the reality, but we can’t be frightened of that. If a player moves on for whatever reason, it’s an opportunity for someone else to come in.

“There’s very few squads that stay together for five or six years. That’s the nature of the business. If we can keep the score of the squad together and then add to that, that would be great. That would be our plan.”

City go to Old Trafford with a refreshed squad, Rodgers recently welcoming back Wesley Fofana, Jonny Evans, and Timothy Castagne after long lay-offs. But that has not changed his mind on his desire to dip into the market.

He said: “I still think we need to improve. There are areas of the field we can be better in, no doubt.

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