Leicester City face the prospect of shedding highly-talented academy star Louis Web page, with Manchester United reportedly plotting a transfer for the 18-year-old.
Web page has been the topic of robust hypothesis all through the summer time after his breakthrough season with the Foxes final time period. The Lutterworth-born midfielder has made 21 first-team appearances for Metropolis, together with 5 begins within the Championship.
The 18-year-old has featured regularly in Russell Martin’s side all through pre-season and got here off the bench in Saturday’s Carabao Cup win over Northampton.
Earlier within the window, Manchester United and Arsenal had been linked with the midfielder. These rumours went quiet over the course of pre-season, however a brand new growth might now see Leicester lose Web page.
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BBC Sport have reported that United are progressing with a deal to convey the academy product to Previous Trafford, with talks over an settlement are ongoing. Arsenal and Aston Villa are additionally exhibiting an curiosity.
The midfielder has featured all through pre-season for Leicester and the switch noise round his future had appeared to die down all through July. Nevertheless, the window has simply over three weeks and a attainable exit might drive additional reinforcements in midfield, if he departs.
Page is under a professional contract on the King Energy Stadium, that means Leicester will obtain a switch price for the gifted midfielder. He might turn out to be the most recent academy graduate to go away the membership after Jeremy Monga, 17, joined Manchester Metropolis earlier this summer time.
The winger is a yr youthful than Web page, along with his transfer to the Etihad Stadium not accomplished till his skilled contract kicked in to make sure Leicester obtained a good price, believed to be round £12.5m.
Web page is anticipated to play a giant position in rebuilding Leicester after their relegation to League One. Martin has heaped reward on the work being accomplished by the academy to supply high quality gamers, with Sammy Braybrooke and Jayden Joseph additionally impressing in pre-season.
