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Define tropy11/1/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() He was originally left out of the Leicester league squad the following season but was added back in January 2017, eventually leaving the Foxes for Nottingham Forest in January 2019 after 29 appearances.ĭEF: Ben Chilwell: Regarded as one of England's best left-backs, Chilwell is a key player at Leicester but is rumoured to be on a number of the top Premier League club's radar this summer. At 39, he's still playing for the club and has made 12 appearances this term.ĭEF: Yohan Benalouane: The Tunisia defender left halfway through the 2015-16 season for a loan spell at Fiorentina, but endured a tough time with injuries. He then had spells on loan at Royal Antwerp and Melbourne City, and the 31-year-old signed a permanent deal at his hometown club Antwerp last June.ĭEF: Marcin Wasilewski: He left Leicester in 2017, having made four league appearances in their title-winning year, and was signed by Wisla Krakow in his native Poland, November 2017. ![]() He landed promotion with Boro and won the title with Leicester that season but left the club in the summer for a £2.1m move to Aston Villa. He signed for Huddersfield Town last September and has made 24 appearances so far.ĭEF: Ritchie De Laet: The Belgian started the 2015-16 season as first choice before losing his place to Simpson, after which the club sent on loan to Middlesbrough in February. Why NFL dreams of Leicester's Fuchs aren't so crazyĭEF: Danny Simpson: Simpson was starting right-back in the Premier League-winning side but was released by Leicester in June 2019. There's no sign yet that the 34-year-old will be embarking on the NFL kicking career he craves though. He also runs a PR company, The Fox Soccer Academy (in Warwick, New York), and the NoFuchsGiven eSports academy team. He's now studying for an MSc in Sports Directorship with VSI.ĭEF: Christian Fuchs: The left-back is still a key figure at Leicester but his contract is up at the end of this season. He was linked with moves to Derby and Stoke City but retired on Jan. He is now on a season-long loan at Derby County in the Championship where he has kept four clean sheets in 20 games.ĭEF: Wes Morgan: The 36-year-old is still Leicester's club captain and is set to sign a new one-year deal keeping him at the Foxes until the end of next season.ĭEF: Robert Huth: Huth left Leicester on a free transfer in 2018, after missing the entirety of the 2017-18 campaign due to ankle and foot injuries. GK: Ben Hamer: Hamer spent a short time on loan at both Nottingham Forest and Bristol City during the title winning season but left Leicester for Huddersfield Town on a free transfer in June 2018. GK: Mark Schwarzer: The Australian retired after leaving Leicester at the end of the 2015-16 season, drawing a line under a career that saw him win 109 caps for the Socceroos and play over 600 times domestically. The 33-year-old, who is the son of Man United legend Peter, has started each of their 29 Premier League games this season before the coronavirus pandemic saw them postponed. GK: Kasper Schmeichel: He is still Leicester's first-choice goalkeeper and the club's vice-captain. It was a season where the Premier League was introduced to the likes of Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante, while Jamie Vardy finished the season with 24 goals. Ranieri used the fewest number of players in the top flight and built around a core group who are now household names. In the end, Leicester finished 10 points clear of Spurs as they cemented their place in history. But, after they took top spot in mid-January, they left the chasing pack trailing in their wake to claim the first title in their 132-year history with two games to spare after second-placed Tottenham Hotspur drew 2-2 at Chelsea. In comparison to their big spending rivals, Leicester's squad cost just £72 million (seven times less than the £415m Man City spent on theirs at the time), while they had finished 14th in the Premier League the previous season. ![]() Claudio Ranieri's men began the season as 5,000/1 outsiders, and according to bookmakers at the time there was more chance of Elvis Presley being alive than there was of the Foxes bringing home the trophy. Leicester City's 2015-16 Premier League title win is arguably the most remarkable in history. Leicester's Premier League title winners of 2015-16: Where are they now? You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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