Leicester City are expected to be active in the 2025 January transfer window.
The Foxes are in danger of suffering a swift return to the Championship, currently sitting just one point above the relegation zone and two points above 19th-place Crystal Palace.
Injury woes are also expected to force Leicester City to dip into the transfer market over the winter.
Abdul Fatawu is out for the season and Ricardo Pereira will be on the sidelines for several months, leaving the club very short of options at full-back and up front.
The Midlands outfit have already started to look at new attackers they could potentially sign in January, with Leicester scouting Omar Marmoush earlier this week when he scored in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 2-1 Europa League victory.
As for the full-back dilemma, new manager Ruud van Nistelrooy has now been given the green light to pursue one player.
Ben Chilwell and Romeo Lavia of Chelsea during a training session at Chelsea Training Ground on November 29, 2024 in Cobham, England.
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Ruud van Nistelrooy can sign Ben Chilwell for Leicester City
Ben Chiwell spent several years at Leicester before joining Chelsea in August 2020 for a fee of around £50m, as per Sky Sports.
The full-back had previously been a key figure for the Blues under the likes of Thomas Tuchel, but Enzo Maresca axed Chilwell from training earlier this season.
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The 27-year-old has now played just 45 minutes of senior action for Chelsea this term – featuring in a 5-0 Carabao Cup win over Barrow in September.
Now, with the January window fast approaching, it looks as though the Englishman will be on his way out of Stamford Bridge.
According to The Athletic, Chiwell only stayed in West London over the summer because no loan or permanent transfer was agreed.
However, Chelsea are now willing to let the defender leave in January and are open to either a permanent sale or a loan move.
Ben Chilwell of Chelsea and Ricardo Pereira of Leicester City in action during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Chelsea FC at Th...
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Leicester City must terminate one loan if they are to sign Ben Chilwell on temporary deal
Leicester would obviously not be able to pay the £50m figure they earned from the Blues back in 2020 for Chilwell.
But with it so obvious the defender is not in Maresca’s plans, and his limited game time this season, his price tag will surely be much lower.
Whether or not Leicester would be willing to sanction a permanent transfer remains to be seen, but the club should be willing to do a loan.
However, if they want to get Chiwell in for a six-month stint, they will have to terminate one of their current Premier League loan deals to comply with the competition’s rules.
Odsonne Edouard (Crystal Palace) and Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) are the two options to pick from, with the former the obvious choice given his lack of playing time and the fact the striker is still yet to score a league goal this term.
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