Leicester City transfer bid ‘expected’ as Patson Daka tops European chart

Here’s the latest Leicester City news on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.

There was a point during last season where Patson Daka looked like he might finish as Leicester City’s top scorer. He was scoring regularly in Europe and then when his chance came in the Premier League following Jamie Vardy’s injury, he scored three in three games in January.

But with just one goal in his final 17 appearances, it left Daka describing his maiden campaign at the King Power Stadium as “okay” and “not really the best like I expected”. However, there was one chart he did top at the end of the season. And in fact, he didn’t just top this chart at City, but in the whole of Europe.

Take all of the players in the continent’s top five divisions and nobody had a higher percentage of first-time shots than Daka did. For more than 80 per cent of his efforts on goal, he did not take a touch to control, but hit it immediately.

Leicester City are showing a summer interest in Burnley defender Nathan Collins alongside midlands rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers, according to reports.

City are on the lookout for a centre-back this summer as Brendan Rodgers looks to add reinforcements to his squad. The City boss will want to avoid a similar situation to last season where an injury crisis led to City being down to just one fit senior centre-back for a period of the campaign.

Central midfielder Hamza Choudhury was even drafted into central defence for the FA Cup third round clash vs Watford in January. Wilfred Ndidi was also used as emergency centre-back cover.

It has again been claimed that Arsenal have stepped back in their interest in Youri Tielemans with the Leicester City midfielder reportedly ‘not a priority’ for the Gunners.

The Belgian