LEICESTER CITY NEWS AND TRANSFER TALK
Leicester have this summer signed two young players from Finland and Bosnia. Ilar Kangasniemi (19) and Admir Bristric (23) are the two who have joined. Both U21 internationals and described as rare talents in their home nations.
Admir Bristric has been given the iconic number 9 shirt. This number should be worn every afternoon when there is a League game, not kept hidden away.
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Leicester’s Emirates FA Cup tie against Oxford City has been selected for television, with the clash being streamed live on TNT Sports and HBO Max. This means that the tie will now be played on Friday, November 6th (19:45 kick-off) instead of the original date of Saturday, October 7th.
The venue will be played at The McGroup Stadium, also known as Court Place Farm, with a capacity of 3100, located in Marsh Lane, Marston, Oxford. This is a village in the civil parish of Old Marston about 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the centre of Oxford.
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Russell Martin made changes to his line-up, with John Lundstram out of the action, serving his suspension, it was time for a starting debut for Will Smallbone. Conor Chaplin also given his starting chance, replacing Sammy Braybrooke.
Some believed Caleb Okoli should have also been rested, but he was back in and today no errors and a clean and steady job done. Warren O’Hora also starting, after a bit of trouble vs. Luton, but credit to Russell Martin for keeping his back line in front of Alex McCarthy in goal.
The formation was the same with Luke Thomas to the left and Will Alves to the right, having Emil Riis up front as usual, no place for Admir Bristric on the bench, trusting other smaller players to fill in if needed.
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