Red Bull Salzburg lost their best player – team from King Power Stadium have completed the signing of Zambia’s Patson Daka for an alleged 3.5 billion KSH fee.Daka Premier League dream has come true – he signed a contract with the 2015-16 Premier League winners until 2026 with medicals completed one week ago in Austria.His now former club Salzburg have apparently already assigned Daka’s number 20 shirt to Argentinian midfielder Nicolas Capaldo, who they have signed this summer from Boca Juniors.Austria is currently on the government’s amber list, meaning anyone travelling from the country must quarantine for 10 days on arrival – thus, it will take some time for the young Zambian super-talent to join his new teammates.It’s time to #WelcomePatson! 🔵📝 pic.twitter.com/1XxLxCFAul— Leicester City (@LCFC) June 30, 2021 City’s pre-season training does not begin until Monday, July 12th, so Daka is not yet missing any group work. The first players to return will be those to have not featured in international football this summer, which would include Daka.Patson was left out of the Zambia squad for a series of friendlies in early June – the national team’s manager Milutin Sredojevic said that Daka needs “to decide on his next future”.And it has been decided – Leicester’s attack will be quite a picture for African viewers as Daka will team up with Nigerian Kelechi Iheanacho who had the best season of his career during the passed campaign.Looking forward to starting the new season & joining my new team mates. 😁🤝🏾#LCFC🔵🦊 pic.twitter.com/jmDwhku3WU— Patson Daka (@PatsonDaka20) June 30, 2021 Before Daka, Zambia had their representatives in the Premier League in the form of Emmanuel Mayuka who was a Southampon player from 2012 to 2015 and Charlie Musonda (Belgian born of Zambian parents) – Chelsea winger who is on constant loans across Europe.
