Guys in Disguise; Astrit Ajdarevic

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Astrit Ajdarevic arrived at Leicester as a loan signing from Liverpool. This was during the 2008/09 season, Leicester playing in League One. Ajdarevic played 5 league games, making his debut vs. Carlisle on the 4th of April 2009, the game ending 2-2.

The deal was made permanent at the end of the season. No transfer fee involved as the Swedish youth international had been released by Liverpool. A strange signing as he was overlooked completely by Nigel Pearson, not being involved at all during his full first season at the club. He later ended up on loan at Hereford, before leaving Leicester in the summer of 2010.

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Guys in Disguise; Robert Codner

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Robert Codner might not be the first player you would call on when talking about your favourite Leicester men during the years. That is no surprise, but the honest truth is that the former Leicester City reserve team player, being overlooked by Gordon Milne, went on to a brilliant career at a lower level, in between a bit of humps.

Codner, born in 1965, joined Leicester in 1983 from Spurs, after being a young up and coming player in their set up, but with Osvaldo Ardiles and Glenn Hoddle among his competitors, surely the move to Leicester made sence.

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Guys in Disguise; Vicente Iborra

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Vicente Iborra joined Leicester from Sevilla back in 2017. The manager at the time, Craig Shakespeare, decided to pay £15million for his services, but it was not become a very successful story. Leicester had Wilfred Ndidi as their main central defensive midfielder, the preferred positon of Iborra, and also having other good options in that area, it became a life on the fringe.

At the age of 29, it could have been the perfect move for the former Levante player, who had lifted three Europa League titles with Sevilla, and been a great servant to this club for four years.

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