Journalist Alasdair Gold has suggested that the Leicester City recruitment team are really big admirers of one Tottenham Hotspur player in this summer transfer window.
Leicester are preparing for their return to the Premier League after clinching the Championship title last season, but the Foxes’ preparations have not been helped by Enzo Maresca deciding to leave to take over at Chelsea.
Signing Harry Winks from Tottenham proved to be an inspired move as they secured promotion at the first time of asking. And it seems that the Foxes may be hoping to replicate that move during this summer transfer window.
Joe Rodon‘s stock has risen considerably over the last 12 months, with the Spurs centre-back enjoying an outstanding loan spell at Leeds, becoming a real fan favourite at Elland Road.
Leicester recruitment staff really like Joe Rodon
Leeds would like to bring Rodon back, but missing out on promotion has done their hopes absolutely no favours, with the three teams going up wanting to secure his signature.
And speaking on the Gold and Guest Talk Tottenham podcast, Gold suggested that those working behind the scenes at the King Power Stadium are very keen on bringing the Welshman in.
“All three promoted clubs are interested in him: Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton. Leicester, as we said earlier, don’t have a manager at this moment in time, however, their recruitment team really like him, and if it was [Graham] Potter to come in, Potter worked with him at Swansea before, so I would imagine he would be pretty happy with that as a potential purchase as well,” he said.
Tottenham vindicated for decision on centre-back last summer
Tottenham have definitely been vindicated for deciding to loan Rodon out last summer, as, for a while, it appeared that they were going to really struggle to make their money back on their £15 million signing.
Rodon was one of the best centre-backs in the Championship last year, and he will be desperate to prove himself at the highest level after struggling for minutes since his move to Tottenham.
Spurs will hope that a bidding war could start up, while Leeds will know that they have their work cut out if they hope to win the race – and that could perhaps tempt the Whites to make a big bid from the outset. So they can potentially now expect to even make a profit on the defender.
But Leicester were champions less than a decade ago, and have played in the Champions League, so there is potential for the Foxes to quickly reestablish themselves at the highest level.
So if they do make a serious move for Rodon, perhaps he will find it difficult to head elsewhere.