Leicester City boss Enzo Maresca executed open-heart surgery on his side during the summer following the club’s unprecedented relegation from the Premier League last term.
The Foxes saw several key players leave the King Power Stadium once the Italian took charge, including Jonny Evans, Caglar Soyuncu, Timothy Castagne, James Maddison and Youri Tielemans, just to name a few.
Meanwhile, the former Premier League champions brought in several new faces to help their bid to return to the top flight, such as Harry Winks, Stephy Mavididi, Mads Hermansen, Callum Doyle and Abdul Fatawu.
Leicester City have been completely revitalised on the pitch by the new man in the dugout and are currently on course to earn 110 points in the Championship this season, potentially beating Reading’s long-standing 105 points record from the 2005/06 campaign.
Furthermore, Maresca’s side are currently top of England’s second tier and are sitting seven points clear of second-place Ipswich Town, with a massive game still to come on Monday against the Tractor Boys.
With everything going smoothly, it looks as though Leicester City are primed and ready for another crack at the Premier League. However, there is still some baggage from the side’s last season in the top tier.
According to a report from Quotidiano Sportivo, via Sport Witness, Bologna have been left unimpressed with loanee Victor Kristiansen this season since the Danish fullback joined I Rossoblu on loan back in August.
Kristiansen moved to Leicester City in January 2023 for £17 million which is still a record transfer for a player leaving the Danish Superliga.
Nonetheless, the 21-year-old recently revealed in an interview that he was delighted with getting a loan move to Italy as he wasn’t too happy with Maresca’s idea to deploy him as a centre-back [quotes via Sport Witness]:
“I noticed (the position change) when we were at training camp this summer, but missed being part of the offensive game. So I was happy that we could jointly find a solution.”
Now, Quotidiano Sportivo have revealed that the £17 million man could be set for a return to the King Power Stadium as Bologna boss Thiago Motta is not looking to activate the player’s £12.9 million option-to-buy clause by the end of the campaign.
Writer’s View
Despite the report claiming that Bologna coach Motta won’t look to make Kristiansen’s transfer permanent at the end of the season, the fullback has still made 18 appearances in all competitions, playing over 1,000 minutes in total for his loan club.
Nevertheless, it looks unlikely that the youngster will ever have a future with Leicester City under Maresca, especially since he isn’t very keen on playing as a fullback who acts as a central defender in possession, just like Callum Doyle has done this season, so the Foxes may look to move him on permanently in the summer anyway.
