How would you improve Leicester next season ?

So much faith  in Morgan - Huth partnership ?
For me the signing a better BC  ( at least one..) must be the first step
It's easier to imagine  offensive players perform (almost) like this year than this defence. It reminds me when we ,after a great season in '98,  didn't sign Thuram  why we were the best defence with Taribo West and Colonnese but Ronaldo to carry us.
Expecially for a CL level this partnership is unacceptable  imho.

Leicester is dust in CL anyhow... they're going to park the bus and counter except that they will likely have a European elite team in front of them and another very good team.  Although improving, EPL does not have technical midfields even amongst the elite teams.  That will change in CL.  Klopp, Pep and Conte will add that technical aspect but other teams will need to face it a few times before they get used to it.  That will take a couple of years.

sportsczy wrote:Leicester is dust in CL anyhow... they're going to park the bus and counter except that they will likely have a European elite team in front of them and another very good team.  Although improving, EPL does not have technical midfields even amongst the elite teams.  That will change in CL.  Klopp, Pep and Conte will add that technical aspect but other teams will need to face it a few times before they get used to it.  That will take a couple of years.

They won't be dust in CL. They are going to be in Pot 1. At most, in the worst case scenario they have one really tough opponent in their group. Other than that some obscure bs team from eastern Europe or a perennial chocker like one of the Eredivisie or Scandinavian sides.

This current Leicester side will get past the group stages. If they lose Kante or Mahrez then that's a different question. Then in the knockout stages it'll depend on the luck of the draw. Their football is very well suited for 2 leg ties.

They could still end up in a terribly rough group. Plus the whole thing of never actually competing in that tournament can be over whelming while a club like Basel has that experience and can turn into a pain in the ass real quick, especially for a club like Leicester.

farfan wrote:

Valkyrja wrote:

VdW's and Feghouli's contracts are ending this summer

Ben Arfa's too .

Also Torres

I just hope they don't go overboard and sign a lot of new players.

Is Alex Song still available?

Arbeloa is available too

ExtremistEnigma wrote:I just hope they don't go overboard and sign a lot of new players.

They will need to do precisely that, actually.

Ranieri cannot play roughly the same 11-13 players for 90% of the matches next season. He will need to have options for rotation.  We'd also do well to remember that this rotation will be occurring against Europe's elite, not some League One team. I don't think it's unreasonably harsh to say that their current bench is not at CL level. Therefore, they ABSOLUTELY need to expand the squad.

That said, I have a hard time seeing their new signings slotting in seamlessly with the existing squad. The likely result is that they underperform for a while (see: group stage of CL). A large part of their success this season was based upon having a settled squad, a clear and simple approach, and unbelievable luck with injuries to key players.I just don't see these players having enough time to fit into this setup prior to the group stages of the competition. Therefore, I can't see them getting out of the group stages.

While it may seem somewhat counter-intuitive, I think these hypothetical new players will likely save Leicester's league season next year, even/especially if they don't actually play many minutes in the first half of the campaign. As I said above, part of Leicester's success was the settled squad and luck with injuries. The expanded squad will allow Ranieri to rest key players in Europe and keep the squad healthy and rested for the league campaign.

Even with an expanded squad and the retention of key players, I have trouble seeing them repeat anything similar to their form this season. Not to belittle their achievement, but a fair amount of luck played its part in this dream season for them. Personally, I think they are challenging for Europe at best next season, and that's IF they retain their best players.

They definitely need to have a bigger squad because of CL being in the mix, but that does not necessarily mean buying a crazy amount of players. Around 5 at most, 2/3 out of those slotting directly into the team. Quality over quantity. There have been numerous cases where transfer window overhauls have massively failed. I can't think of any club/manager for whom such an approach has brought credible success.

No one expects Leicester to perform as good as they did this season. However, with this new found success, they should try to sustain it instead of going all out: focus on PL, forget about CL.

So kante gone.

How will Leicester cope?

Have they signed anyone?

They signed Nampalys Mendy, no idea how good he is

Fellaini would be an unreal signing for them

They've signed a few players most of which I've forgotten the names of

fifa legend Musa from Russia is 1

Pacy player from Russia with a good record in the CL?

Spoiler:

ES wrote:They signed Nampalys Mendy, no idea how good he is

Like Kante only better

So now Kante's gone, Mahrez wants out as well.

Well, it was fun while it lasted.