Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson expects a quiet transfer day
Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson is expecting a quiet transfer deadline day today.
The City boss has said he is not anticipating being busy in the transfer market as the window closes at 11pm.
However, Pearson would not rule out doing some business if a deal presented itself.
City have not been linked with many new arrivals, and the transfer speculation has revolved around possible departures before the deadline, but Pearson said he was not interested in speculation.
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"I don't anticipate any great things happening, if I am honest, but you never know," he said yesterday.
"I am not interested in speculation and, when there is news, we will release it in the appropriate manner."
Both Paul Gallagher and Jermaine Beckford have been linked with Huddersfield as they look to recruit following the £8million sale of star striker Jordan Rhodes to Blackburn, while Sean St Ledger and Gallagher have been linked with a move to Ipswich.
Reports in Ipswich say Gallagher has been told he can leave City for a fee of £500,000.
St Ledger was on the verge of joining the Tractor Boys last season after falling out of favour under Pearson, but Sol Bamba's departure to the African Nations Cup halted the deal at the last minute.
However, St Ledger, who made his comeback from injury in the 4-2 defeat against Burton Albion on Tuesday night, is again said to be a target for Ipswich boss Paul Jewell.
Jewell is looking to bolster a defence that conceded six goals last weekend against Blackpool, who face City tomorrow.
City are in talks with defender Tom Kennedy about the cancellation of his contract so he can become a free agent, but there is no rush for that to be finalised as free agents are not restricted by the transfer window.
With Kennedy's impending departure, Pearson's defensive options are even more limited and City have been linked with Stoke duo Danny Higginbotham and Ryan Shotton.
City's Championship clash with Hull at the King Power Stadium next month will now take place on Sunday, September 23, at 3pm.
The game had originally been due to take place 24 hours earlier, but has been rescheduled due to a clash with Leicester Tigers' fixture against Harlequins at Welford Road on the Saturday.
All tickets purchased for the original date will be valid but supporters who can no longer attend, can obtain a refund by visiting the City Fanstore at King Power Stadium.
Comments
by yorkiefox
Saturday, September 01 2012, 11:56AM
“So, nobody in nobody out but Kennedy released.
All talk of Beckford, SSL and Gally departing for good was hot air.
Emergency loans in or out are still a possibility though!
Team selection for this evening will be very interesting. We must stiffen up the defensive qualities of midfield and cut out errors at the back. That may mean narrowing the width on one side.”
by ElusiveEd
Saturday, September 01 2012, 11:13AM
“I wonder if it were a case of NP being told he could not spend?
Maybe the owners are being cautious, maybe even sceptical, and don't want to make the same mistake they did with Sven, buying "His" squad only for AN Other to inherit it.
Just a thought”
by ghostof66
Saturday, September 01 2012, 10:59AM
“Our owners obviously smelt the coffee last season and realised that our international "gigalo" manager would have spent ALL of their money on non performing ex Prem stars that were never going to play enough games for us to make that much difference.
We may not be much further forward on the pitch - YET - but off it we have a better chance of surviving the next decade.
Just needs the fans to realise that we aint gonna be throwing £millions over the top for average players. Then we can get back to normal and hope for promotion and not expect it because of the false perception that lcfc is in the market with a bottomless bag of money!
lcfc is a business like it or not and everyone has a choice to pay the price of a ticket and the rest or stay away and criticise something that they are not even prepared to get on board with!
Hoping for a win today but a draw wouldn't be too bad though a loss would be a bitter pill to swallow.
1-1 or 2-1 to us...”
by Mark_LCFC
Saturday, September 01 2012, 7:32AM
“Well, well. Maynard has gone to Cardiff for £2 million. Doesn't seem like 5 minutes since Sven was prepared to pay £6 million for him. Sharp gone to Forest on loan. Again we were prepared to pay big money for him. At the time Sharp stated it was a dream come true to link up with Adkins at Southampton. Now after a couple of Prem games he can't leave quick enough. Both of these players are very good Championship strikers and will always do a good job.I am glad we never payed over the odds for these players who in my opinion are not vastly better than the strikers we already have.”
by ghostof66
Saturday, September 01 2012, 6:52AM
“Hey Stinky....
It could be that lcfc don't fancy the Maynards and Sharps anymore.
Most of the speculation about the thousands (well that's how many it seemed we were in for!) of players was media/fan generated.
We have what we have and although I back Pearson, he now needs to pick his team to make some progress. Come Christmas lcfc need to be at least well in contention with the top 6. Say no more than 4 points away.
Then maybe we'll see 1 or 2 deals in Jan to push us on.
If not we'll be here with a different manager "AGAIN" going through the same treadmill i'm afraid.
Keep hoping - Stop expecting.”
by squirril33
Saturday, September 01 2012, 12:56AM
“This division gets stronger and stronger. More and more clubs with parachute payments and competant management teams. Then there are clubs like Forest who are going to be lethal. Its the same in the conference where is full of ex league sides and Luton cant get out.
I really cant see Leicester getting out. They can never seem to attract the players they want to or the managers they seek. NP was around 5th choice”
by nigeldoherty1
Saturday, September 01 2012, 12:03AM
“The argument that Sol Bamba was good because he was at the African Cup of Nations is somewhat flawed.
John Pantsil was also there, and he's like his name...Pant's...!!!”
by foxeerod
Friday, August 31 2012, 10:54PM
“FACT marko futacs is 1.96 metres tall or 6ft 5 and 11/64 inches .... tall yes, but NOT 6ft 7.
i have yet to see the beckford transfer to huddersfield confirmed , either on sky , the beeb or reuters .
it does say on wiki he is a huddersfield player saying leicester paid 2.5 million to everton and have sold him to huddersfield for 1.25 million .
not sure what to believe now”
by Stinkypete13
Friday, August 31 2012, 10:32PM
“Wow a front two of Simon cox and now billy sharp looks pretty potent for f####t...this time a year ago we were in for sharp and Maynard and now both have ended up at rival teams. What is it about City they don't like????”
by philk67
Friday, August 31 2012, 8:56PM
“The truth about Tuesday nights performance lies in the fact the manager made 8 changes. The central defensive pairing had never played together and were recovering from injury. There were poor individual performances but a woeful team performance.
The players are responsible for their individual displays but the blame lies squarely with the manager for changing the side so drastically from the Blackburn game. Pearson must however be judged after 10 games and not 3, however dispiriting the results have been so far. His margin for error is diminishing and how he responds will tell us about the direction of this season. Boy I love been a Leicester fan never a dull moment.”