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Enzo Maresca knows what Leicester City need in the January transfer window and expects some members of his squad are already thinking about their futures ahead of the market reopening.
Maresca has held meetings with the City recruitment team over the business that could be done next month and says he is clear in the areas his team needs strengthening. He has previously hinted he would like a left-footed defender, while City could also resume their hunt for an attacking midfielder after a move for Manchester City’s James McAtee fell through at the end of the summer, the England Under-21 international joining Sheffield United instead,
Maresca believes there are players at City who will be looking to leave when January arrives, and are thinking about their futures. However, he says no player is yet to discuss their desire to leave with him, and neither does he want them to do so until the new year, as the club’s Championship fixtures are the focus right now
He said: “In this moment, I don’t want them to think about January, even if they are probably thinking already about January, some of them, because it’s normal. We’ll see in January if some of them are coming to ask to leave, we’ll see how we can find solutions for them and also for us.
“The only thing I can say is that, for us, the situation is quite clear in terms of the January market. We know as a club what we need. We’ll see.”
January business can be tough, as City have found. At the start of this year, City brought in Victor Kristiansen, Harry Souttar, and Tete, but the trio were the club’s first permanent winter signings for five years, since the acquisition of Fousseni Diabate in 2018.
It’s not unusual for City to go through the whole month without any players leaving or arriving. Maresca added that if he was to begin February with the exact same squad he currently has, he would be “100 per cent” satisfied.