Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall never wanted to leave Leicester City after becoming the star man at the King Power Stadium last season. But when a club of Chelsea's size shows genuine interest, you simply can't say no.
The midfielder's move to Stamford Bridge is expected to have been influenced by Enzo Maresca's decision to join Chelsea. The Italian left Leicester after helping the Foxes to an instant return to the Premier League.
However, since his £30million exit in the summer, Dewsbury-Hall's career has stagnated. The 26-year-old has played 14 times for Chelsea this season but he is yet to start a Premier League game - playing just 55 league minutes across five substitute appearances.
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The chunk of his action has come in the Conference League with him starting four of their five games so far. Thanks to Chelsea's bloated squad, Maresca has been able to exclude Cole Palmer and Wesley Fofana in Europe for the first part of the season meaning Dewsbury-Hall has been turned too.
Recently, The Mirror reported that the west Londoners are willing to allow Dewsbury-Hall and fellow midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka leave the club on loan in January. Unsurprisingly, Leicester have been mentioned as one of the clubs showing interest in the former Fox.
Leicester would have to free up one of their loan spots for a potential deal to go through with Facundo Buononatte and Odsonne Edouard currently at the club. There has been talks of potentially cancelling the latter's temporary move.
However, even if Edouard does return to Crystal Palace, how would Dewsbury-Hall fit into Ruud van Nistelrooy's team? Certain sections of the fanbase would love to see him back for his passion and love for the club but there are question marks over whether he would get the minutes he desires.
In the summer, when he left, it was hard to see how Leicester would replace a player with 27 goal contributions last season. They did with Buonanotte from Brighton, albeit on loan, and the long-term signing of Bilal El Khannouss from Genk.
Both players have been two of Leicester's most exciting players this season. A fee of £21m was paid to bring El Khannouss to England from Belgium and at 20, he's one of the players Van Nistelrooy will build his team around.
The idea of Dewsbury-Hall returning may be nice but City have positions in their squad that are desperate for reinforcements when the January transfer window opens. If Van Nistelrooy didn't know that before he arrived, he does after three games.
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