Leicester City: Champions League squad announced
Leicester City have announced the squad that will be travelling across Europe to play in domestic football’s biggest competition.
The foxes will be joined by Porto, Club Brugge and Copenhagen in Group G as they continue their quest for success, this time, the Champions League is the target.
Leicester city begin their journey as they travel to Belgium to face Club Brugge on the 14th of September.
Here you’ll find the 24 man squad that foxes boss Claudio Ranieri will be taking, so lets get started.
LEICESTER, ENGLAND – AUGUST 27 : Kasper Schmeichel of Leicester City goes off injured and is replaced by Ron-Robert Zieler of Leicester City during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Swansea City at the King Power Stadium on August 27, 2016 in Leicester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images)
Goalkeepers
1. Kasper Schmeichel
12. Ben Hamer
21. Ron-Robert Zieler
Who will start in goal for Leicester City is still up in the air. Both Kasper Schmeichel and Ron-Robert Zieler are more than capable goalkeepers.
As Kasper has started each league game so far, despite coming off during the second half of the Swansea clash, this points to Zieler being Claudio Ranieri’s number 1 man for Europe.
Ben Hamer is an unlikely starter for the foxes after being loaned last season. He’s in the squad as a precaution against freak injuries to Schmeichel and Zieler.
LEICESTER, ENGLAND – AUGUST 27: Leicester City’s Wes Morgan celebrates scoring his sides second goal
during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Swansea City at The King Power Stadium on August 27, 2016 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Rachel Holborn/CameraSport via Getty Images)
Defenders
2 Luis Hernandez
3 Ben Chilwell
5 Wes Morgan
6 Robert Huth
17 Danny Simpson
27 Marcin Wasilewski
28 Christian Fuchs
No surprises in the defence department either as Claudio Ranieri selects his best options to hold out the Porto, Copenhagen and Brugge attacks.
A likely backline for the foxes in Europe would be a back 4 consisting of Simpson, Morgan, Huth and Fuchs.
Ben Chilwell however may be given the nod ahead of Fuchs in order to keep the Austrian fresh for the league.
An interesting note to take from this list is the lack of depth in the right-back position, although Daniel Amartey can be deployed at right-back should an injury see Simpson unfit to play.
LEICESTER, ENGLAND – AUGUST 27: Daniel Drinkwater of Leicester City shoots during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Swansea City at The King Power Stadium on August 27, 2016 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
Midfielders
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4 Danny Drinkwater
7 Ahmed Musa
10 Andy King
11 Marc Albrighton
13 Daniel Amartey
14 Bartosz Kapustka
20 Shinji Okazaki
24 Nampalys Mendy
This is where things get a little strange.
As you may note, the UEFA website lists both Musa and Okazaki as midfielders, despite predominantly playing in a forwards role.
Other than those two outliers, we’d expect Drinkwater and Mendy to start in the middle of the pitch, perhaps Daniel Amartey if he continues to play as he did against Swansea.
Club veteran Andy King is another option in the middle, for a more attack minded approach to the game.
Foxes fans will be hoping to see Kapustka feature sometime soon to get real minutes under his belt in a Leicester City shirt.
Missing from the list is Matty James who is finally fit again after a nasty injury during the 14/15 season as Leicester narrowly escaped relegation.
His absence is not surprising as he missed the whole of the foxes’ miraculous title winning season.
LEICESTER, ENGLAND – AUGUST 27: Jamie Vardy of Leicester City scores his sides first goal during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Swansea City at The King Power Stadium on August 27, 2016 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Attackers
9 Jamie Vardy
15 Jeff Schlupp
19 Islam Slimani
22 Demarai Gray
23 Leonardo Ulloa
26 Riyad Mahrez
Up front we’ll be expecting to see club record signing Islam Slimani pairing up with Leicester City talisman Jamie Vardy.
Wingers Schlupp, Gray and Mahrez have all been included in the attackers section of the UEFA website despite having Musa and Okazaki in the Midfielders section.
Ulloa coming off of the bench will be a handy addition however with Musa, Slimani and Vardy all ahead of him, his chances of European football may be slim.
This is the chance for Leicester City’s star players Jamie Vardy and ‘PFA Player of The Year’ Riyad Mahrez to shine on the biggest club stage in the world after turning down big money moves in this summers transfer window.
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