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REPORT: LEEDS UNITED WANTED TO SIGN FA CUP-WINNING STRIKER ON DEADLINE DAY

According to The Athletic, Leeds United wanted to sign Kelechi Iheanacho on transfer Deadline Day, but they felt the Nigerian was unattainable. The Leicester City striker was a £25m signing for the Foxes back in 2017, and while his form has been slightly patchy over the past 12 months, at the age of just 25, City would probably want to turn a profit on a striker who has proven he can cut the mustard at this level.

Leeds felt that Iheanacho was unattainable, and given the fact that they’d already spent massive money this summer, they were probably right. Factor in that Leicester need all of the help they can get in attacking areas at the moment, and it’s easy to see why the Yorkshire club felt that Brendan Rodgers’ side wouldn’t be too keen to sell the FA Cup-winning centre-forward.

EVANS FEATURED IN BIG LEAGUE WIN

Northern Ireland international Jonny Evans was in the Leicester City starting XI as the Foxes wrapped up the latest Premier League season with an emphatic 4-1 win at home to Southampton. The Foxes were able to secure a big home win over the Saints when the two teams met on the final day of the season earlier this week.


Jonny Evans missed a big part of the just concluded season and his leadership qualities were sorely missed especially at the back. It’s not surprising that results improved with his return from injury some weeks ago. With the win over Southampton, Leicester City made it 16 points from their last seven home games in the league after a record of five wins, one draw and one loss. The only defeat from the last seven home games was against Merseyside club Everton via a 2-1 scoreline. The return of 16 points from the final seven league games at the King Power Stadium came on the back of three-match winless run at the same venue at the start of the year.

EVANS, FOUR OTHERS OUT FOR ARSENAL

Experienced Leicester City centre back Jonny Evans will miss the Arsenal game this weekend in the Premier League alongside three of his teammates. Northern Ireland senior national team star Jonny Evans is still a few weeks away from returning to training as he’s still recovering from a thigh injury. The former Manchester United and West Brom player has been on the treatment table since the opening weeks of the season.


Brendan Rodgers is the Leicester City manager and he gave an injury update on Jonny Evans in a press chat at the start of last month. According to him, the defender still has six weeks left to go in his bid to recover from the thigh problem and return to training. A return to Premier League action after the international is on the cards for Evans.

EVANS INJURY STRUGGLES EXPLAINED

Ben Dinnery has revealed that the lack of a proper pre-season might affect Leicester City defender Jonny Evans for the rest of the season. Dinnery is an injury expert who runs the Premier League injuries website in addition to the fact that he has a background in medicine and data analysis.

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Dinnery discussed Jonny Evans and his injury woes in a chat with Adam Williams of popular English news portal Football Insider. According to him, Jonny Evans is managing an ongoing problem with plantar fasciitis and that it limited his playing time at the end of last season and the beginning of this season. He went on to say a proper pre-season programme would have helped the Northern Ireland international. Dinnery said that pre-season works in a way that the more the session the more robust the player is ready for the new season. Evans was unable to get adequate pre-season due to his foot injury and that this will have a knock-on effect for the rest of this season.

EVANS MAKES FIRST LEICESTER APPEARANCE

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Leicester City have been boosted by the return of key defender Jonny Evans from injury. The Northern Ireland international missed the start of the new season as a result of a troublesome foot injury.


Jonny Evans made his first appearance of the season at the weekend during the Premier League clash with defending champions Manchester City. The centre back came on for summer signing JannikVestergaard just after the hour mark and he was on the pitch when Manchester City scored the only goal of the game. The Northern Ireland vice-captain was just on the pitch when Portuguese international playmaker Bernardo Silva scored the winning goal on 62 minutes as the Citizens secured a 1-0 away win at the expense of Leicester City.

CORRY EVANS SIGNS FOR SUNDERLAND

League One giants Sunderland have completed the signing of Northern Ireland international Corry Evans who’s the younger brother of Jonny Evans. Corry Evans and Jonny Evans both player for the Northern Ireland national team.

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Evans joined Sunderland as a free agent and he has penned a two-year deal at the club until the summer of 2023 with the option of another year that could take him to 2024. He became a free agent after his Blackburn Rovers contract was not renewed when it expired at the end of last month. Blackburn Rovers opted against a new deal for Evans. He was a Blackburn Rovers player for almost a decade. Evans played over 200 times for the former Premier League winners during his time at Ewood Park.

EVANS MISS OUT ON NI FRIENDLIES

Leicester City defender Jonny Evans has been left out of the Northern Ireland (NI) squad for the international friendlies against Malta and Ukraine next week. Jonny Evans will miss the games as a result of injury.

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Jonny Evans will miss the upcoming NI games due to the foot injury that plagued him for the final set of games during the just concluded Premier League season. Evans won’t be available for the Northern Ireland clash with Malta in Klagenfurt, Austria on Sunday before taking on hosts Ukraine in Dnipro next week Thursday.

EVANS REVEALS PLAYERS SIR ALEX WOULD TALK ABOUT

Former Manchester United defender Jonny Evans has revealed one particular side of the club’s former manager Sir Alex Ferguson that many people may not have known about before. The defender was signed for United by Sir Alex during the legendary manager’s historic reign at Old Trafford and he was part of the success story that the club’s former Scottish manager wrote at the club.

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Sir Alex is considered to be one of the greatest managers of all-time in the world of football for his achievements during his managerial career at Manchester United and there is enough reason to believe those claims, especially given the fact that he singlehandedly took the club to greater heights. He arrived at a time when Liverpool were the best side in the league and made a promise that he was there to get the Reds off their perch.

RODGERS PROVIDES INJURY UPDATE ON EVANS

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers against has given an update on the injuries sustained by two of his key players during the away game at Everton in the Premier League. Jonny Evans and WilfriedZaha are the two key players who went off during the Everton game. Nigerian international WilfriedNdidi came off in the first half of the encounter and was replaced by Nampalys Mendy. On the injury to Ndidi, Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers gave an update during his post-match press conference after the Everton game which ended in a 1-1 draw.


Brendan Rodgers said that Leicester City midfielder Ndidi suffered a hamstring problem and that he doesn’t think it is too serious before adding that it looks like it’s a tight hamstring rather than a tear and that he didn’t overstretchit. Leicester City face Leeds United at the weekend in the Premier League and Ndidi is a doubt for the game.

MAN UNITED EYEING EVANS RETURN

 

Manchester United have been surprisingly linked with former player Jonny Evans who’s on the payroll of fellow Premier League club Leicester City and was at the Theatre of Dreams for 11 years. According to the report from The Sun, the Red Devils want to re-sign the 32-year-old centre back after his Leicester City contract ends at the end of this season. It was reported that Manchester United are ready to pounce on a free transfer next summer with the Foxes reluctant to offer the experienced player a new deal.


Jonny Evans joined Manchester United as a teenager in 2004 and he went on to make his first team debut two years later. The Northern Ireland player didn’t break into the Manchester United squad until the 2008/09 campaign after he had spent some time at clubs like Royal Antwerp FC of Belgium and English team Sunderland on loan. Jonny Evans was with the Manchester United first team for eight seasons before he left the club for West Brom in 2015. He scored seven times in 198 appearances for the Red Devils in all competitions and his time at Old Trafford yielded three Premier League titles plus two League Cup titles.