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Looking at past transfer deals made by Russell Martin at his former clubs can reveal useful insights for future decisions. We have tracked back and looked at Martin’s actions in the market.

The first player to count is Matt O’Riley. He was signed as a free agent by Russell Martin after leaving Fulham to join MK Dons. A year later, he was sold to Celtic for £1.5m, where he found great success. He attracted interest from Leicester but ultimately joined Brighton for £25m in 2024. Last season, he was loaned to Marseille and has also earned 6 caps for Denmark.

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Wes Burns is a Leicester player. This will be a good addition. He is a versitale player, with his preferred position being an attacking flank. A full international, 10 caps for Wales.

The former Ipswich player, Wes Burns (31) will join his former teammate, Conor Chaplin at Leicester. To have players with a past together, previously been promoted from this division, is a massive positive.

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Leicester are said to be chasing attacking options, strange not to see any Scandinavian League players being linked. We have earlier talked up Daniel Karlsbakk from Sarpsborg as a potential target. The 23 year old used to play for Herenveen in Dutch Eresdivisie, but returned to Norwegian football last year. In his 43 league games so far he has scored 23 goals.

Another player to watch is Woyo Coulibaly’s team mate in the Mali national team Sory Diarra. Diarra (26) has this season showed fantastic form at the second level in Norway. He is currently in his last contract year at Haugesund, been at the club since 2023, 43 goals in 88 league games. Would have been a fantastic signing for Leicester.

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