Leicester City Book Target In For Medical On Thursday

Leicester City are closing in on Stephy Mavididi and he is set to undergo a medical with the Foxes on Thursday, it has been claimed in France

Mavididi, 25, has been plying his trade at Montpellier since 2020 and he is an important member of the Ligue 1 outfit.

The English forward has been a transfer target for the Foxes in the ongoing transfer window, with the Championship side witnessing departures from the King Power Stadium.

Enzo Maresca’s side are now said to have agreed on a deal with Montpellier for Mavididi, who still has a year remaining on his contract with the French side.

And according to French outlet Foot Mercato, the 25-year-old forward is set to undergo medical at the Championship outfit on Thursday

It is further claimed that Maresca’s side have agreed to shell out €7.5m for the forward as well as to pay ten per cent of any potential fee, which would be received in the event of selling the player in the future, to the French outfit

Leicester have so far landed some key figures this summer in the shape of Harry Winks and Conor Coady amid the Championship side’s hopes of witnessing an immediate return to the Premier League.

Now it remains to be seen how Mavididi will be able to help the Foxes in the forthcoming season after he finally joins the King Power Stadium outfit.

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Leicester City have been chasing a deal for ex-Arsenal and Juventus man Mavididi throughout this month. And now Aouna has suggested that a deal has been agreed with the Foxes set to pay Montpellier €7.5million, with a 10% sell-on clause.

In three seasons at Montpellier, Mavididi had made 98 total appearances scoring 21 goals and assisting five more along the way.

He looks set to become Enzo Maresca’s fifth summer signing after the likes of Harry Winks, Conor Coady, Mads Hermansen, and Callum Doyle all joined.

The Foxes were in need of attacking additions after the departures of James Maddison and Harvey Barnes and Mavididi looks like an exciting signing for Leicester, with the player surely looking to prove any previous doubters wrong upon his return to England.

A solid capture

Maresca has so far made some really positive signings, bolstering the middle of the pitch effectively. But the wide areas always needed some new names and Mavididi looks like a really good signing for Leicester City.

He’s at a good age, coming back to England after some really positive seasons in France where he asserted himself as a confident goal-scoring winger.

His athleticism and goal-scoring prowess will be very useful in the Championship and given the departure of the likes of Barnes, Mavididi should slot straight into the Foxes XI ahead of the start of the new season next month.

More is needed for Leicester City – perhaps a new striker more than anything – but so far this summer, so good.