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Caleb Okoli joined Leicester from Atalanta in the summer of 2024. The fee paid for his services was €14M. Okoli is under contract until June 2029. He had played 17 league games for Atalanta before his arrival at Leicester. Earlier been at Vicenza and had loan spells with SPAL, Cremonese and Frosinone.

A gifted central defender currently part of the Italian team squad, but yet to receive his full international debut. To date played 14 league games for Leicester and in a way found himself in a rotation and competition with Wout Faes, Conor Coady and Jannik Vestergaard, not yet cemented a place in the first team.

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Ricardo Pereira was signed by Claude Puel, moving to Leicester from FC Porto in the summer of 2018. The fee was €25 million. He has since joining, played 143 league games and scored 10 goals. Originally making his senior debut at Vitoria Guimaraes, with a prior life as a youth player for Benfica and Sporting.

Pereira made his full international debut for Portugal in a game vs. Russia back in 2015. He was also part of the Portugal squad for the 2018 World Cup. He has 7 caps for his nation, the last one coming in 2019, almost 6 years ago.

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Leicester City signed James Justin from Luton Town back in 2019 for a fee of €6.7M. A full-back who can play on both right and left. He has represented England on full international level and do have the skills and quality to appear as a regular starter in a Premier League team.

He has since his return from injury performed well under three different managers in the last two seasons, being part of the Championship winning side as well as adding more games to his name during the 2024-25 season back in Premier League.

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