Leicester City must act on £100m King Power academy investment or risk future transfer windfall
Leicester City news and opinions as Josh Holland highlights the Foxes’ highly potential youth academy and its importance
Leicester City have an unique opportunity to become something they never managed to do. In 2021, the club opened its brand new training ground in Seagrave in the latest move by King Power to elevate it to the pinnacle of world football.
The training complex, which if you have visited, is something special. Costing £100million in the north of the county, Leicester has one of the best training facilities in England.
21 playing surfaces – including 14 full-size pitches – a 499-seater floodlit pitch, customised gym and hydrotherapy facilities are all included in the transformational investment made by the club owners. But despite all of this, there is one growing concern.
Prior to the Foxes’ Carabao Cup second round win over Tranmere Rovers, there were frustrations over the lack of opportunities for the exciting prospects in the academy. Steve Cooper, who is renowned for working and developing wonderkids through his time with England, named highly-rated Will Alves and striker Chris Popov on his bench and handed them over 20 minutes.
However, there were fears that there would be no sign of the exciting academy talent and that’s a problem. If you didn’t know, and you would not be blamed as the clubs official social media channels don’t cover like others, City’s Under-21s defeated Liverpool last weekend thanks to goals from Amani Richards.
Right now, there are a number of exciting profiles coming through the ranks. Alves, Sammy Braybrooke and Logan Briggs are all players well-known for their cameo appearances in the first-team. Away from them, the likes of Josh King, Jake Evans, Jayden Joseph and Jeremy Monga are full of potential.
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