Jakub Moder claims Leicester City wanted him last summer when he was still at Brighton & Hove Albion.
The Poland international left the Seagulls for Feyenoord in the winter market in search of regular game time that he didn’t enjoy at Brighton.
Moder had a chat with Foot Truck, where he revealed that Leicester showed interest in him last summer, and Meczyki.pl have relayed his comments.
The midfielder suffered a serious knee injury in April 2022 and was out of action for more than 570 days. He wasn’t able to feature regularly at Brighton under Roberto De Zerbi and was keen on leaving them for Leicester City.
Moder has revealed he was close to joining the Foxes, but the operation didn’t go through for multiple reasons.
“I wanted to leave Brighton earlier. Last summer, I was very close to Leicester City, but many things happened that the transfer didn’t work out, the transfer domino had to go, and I also had an injury,” he said.
“So, I wanted to leave in the summer, because I had a feeling what role awaited me at Brighton in the next six months. I would probably be at Leicester now, but would it be better? We don’t know. Now I’m at Feyenoord and it’s great.”
Moder played nine minutes from four Premier League games under Fabian Hürzeler at Brighton. This didn’t stop the 25-year-old from attracting interest from Udinese and VfB Stuttgart before picking Feyenoord in January.
The Pole now claims he held talks with Udinese manager Kosta Runjaić and his assistant, Przemyslaw Malecki. He ended up moving to the Eredivisie club and claims it was the best choice for him.
“I considered Udinese. I spoke with Runjaić and Małecki. I was at a point in my career where I couldn’t close myself off to such a move,” Moder explained.
“This is a club from Serie A, they are playing very good football this season, so I was definitely considering it. Ultimately, however, the Feyenoord project was the best for me. I was very excited that they wanted me. It was the best decision.”