For years, since entering the Premier League in the middle of the last decade, Leicester City have not been in such a difficult situation and so close to returning to the Championship. Five rounds before the end of the current Premier League campaign, the Foxes are below the line in 18th place, and whatever scenario befalls them until the end of the season, they leave or remain in the elite, the British Telegraph claims that the sale of the best football player, James Maddison, is inevitable.Maddison has been known for several seasons as one of the most respected English footballers who have not yet made a transfer to one of the big six clubs. There is no shortage of interest as Manchester United, Tottenham and Newcastle would be happy to see him in their ranks, and with his transfer the club from the King Power Stadium could cover a large part of the financial losses shown in this year’s financial reports. Leicester lost about 105,000,000 euros, and it is believed that Maddison’s sale could bring in half, maybe two-thirds of the mentioned amount and make a balance in the books.##EDITORS_CHOICE##The specialized Transfermarkt estimates him at 55,000,000 euros and if he is bound with a multi-year contract, he could easily make one of the English giants splash a bigger sum and try to extract a nine-figure compensation. However, since he is entering the last 12 months of his contract in the summer, Transfermarkt believes the minimum that Leicester would have to extract is 50,000,000, and the maximum up to 70,000,000.The fact that in the summer transfer window he will probably leave the club of which he has been a member since 2018 and a transfer from Norwich worth 25,000,000 euros, does not reduce Maddison’s commitment to this season’s supreme goal, which is certainly Leicester’s survival in the Premier League.Maddison could soon become one of the ten most expensively sold Englishmen in the history of football, but he will not come close to the undisputed Jack Grealish, whom Manchester City made the English football record holder for 117,000,000 euros the summer before last.🚨 Manchester United along with Tottenham and Newcastle are interested in James Maddison #mufc #mujournal[@JPercyTelegraph] pic.twitter.com/USjrmotvO5— United Journal (@theutdjournal) May 1, 2023 The current coach of Leicester and the former strategist of Aston Villa Dean Smith had the opportunity to work with both offensive midfielders.”These are two different types of footballers with the same ability to push themselves beyond the limits and become the best. When you have players with that kind of personality and character, they drive you as a coach to help them become even better. James is like that too. He always thinks about what he could do better. You can see that he enjoys it and constantly has something to suggest in meetings where tactics are discussed. He is not demoralized by the current situation. All the players are very focused and James is certainly one of them,” Smith concluded.Leicester welcome Everton tonight, a direct competitor in the fight for survival, and with a potential victory, they would get out of the danger zone, jump over Nottingham Forest and Leeds and take 16th place in the table. Foxes’ supremo Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha will arrive in England tonight and by attending the game will try to motivate the team before one of the most important games of the season. And it won’t be the first time he uses such morale-boosting methods.PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 34Saturday Crystal Palace – West Ham 4-3 (3-2)/Ayew 15, Zaha 20, Schlupp 30, Eze 66 pen – Soucek 9, Antonio 35, Aguerd 72/Brentford – Nott. Forest 2-1 (0-1)/Toney 82, Dasilva 90+4 – Danilo 45+1/Brighton – Wolverhampton 6-0 (4-0)/Undav 6, 66, Gross 13, 26, Welbeck 39, 48/SundayMan.Utd. – Aston Villa 1-0 (1-0)/Fernandes 39/Newcastle – Southampton 3-1 (0-1)/Wilson 55, Walvott 79 og, Wilson 81 – Armstrong 41/Fulham – Man.City 1-2 (1-2)/Vinicius 15 – Haaland 2 pen, Alvarez 36/Bournemouth – Leeds 4-1 (2-1)/Lerma 20, 24, Solanke 63, Semenyo 90+1 – Bamford 32/Liverpool – Tottenham 4-3 (3-0)/Jones 3, Diaz 5. Salah 14 pen, Jota 90+4 – Kane 40, Son 77, Richarlison 90+3/Monday 22.00: (2.14) Leicester (3.50) Everton (3.80)Tuesday 22.00: (1.70) Arsenal (3.80) Chelsea (5.60)***odds are subject to change***
