Leicester’s relegation from last season’s Premier League was certainly a shock, with the Foxes only picking up 34 points from their 38 matches to finish in 18th position, which saw them drop into the Championship.
Now under the management of former Manchester City assistant Enzo Maresca, Leicester will be one of the favourites to win the second tier this season due to the strength of the squad and the summer acquisitions that have already been made.
Harry Winks and Conor Coady have joined from Tottenham and Wolverhampton Wanderers respectively, while Mads Hermansen and Callum Doyle have also arrived.
Leicester beat Northampton 1-0 in their first friendly of the summer last Saturday before being involved in three 45-minute periods at their training ground against Leuven on Wednesday, ultimately running out 4-2 winners.
The Foxes have just two more friendlies this summer against Tottenham and Liverpool before beginning their Championship campaign with an eye-catching home game against Coventry City on August 6.
Tottenham, meanwhile, were involved in a five-goal thriller with bitter rivals West Ham in their opening pre-season contest on Tuesday.
Spurs found themselves two goals behind in the early stages of the clash in Perth before Giovani Lo Celso and Destiny Udogie came off the bench to level the scores, but West Ham won it late on, with Gianluca Scamacca netting to make it 3-2 to the Hammers at Optus Stadium.
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Ange Postecoglou’s side will now take on Leicester, Lion City Sailors, Shakhtar Donetsk and Barcelona ahead of their 2023-24 Premier League opener against Brentford on August 13.
Spurs have secured permanent deals for Pedro Porro and Dejan Kulusevski this summer, while James Maddison, Guglielmo Vicario and Manor Solomon have arrived to boost the squad.
Winks to Leicester has been their major departure, with the club thus far being able to keep hold of a certain Harry Kane, but Bayern Munich are still pushing to sign the England captain, who is in the final year of his contract at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and it will be fascinating to see how the transfer saga ends.
