Another year and another transfer window is done and dusted for the season but for Leicester City, there wasn’t much home to write about.
After securing the services of Woyo Coulibaly earlier this month, the highlight of deadline day was a brief period where a swap deal involving Craig Dawson and Conor Coady was on the cards.
Talks between Leicester and Wolves didn’t last long though and the only deals the Foxes completed on deadline day involved Will Alves heading to Cardiff City on loan, amongst several other academy stars.
Fans were understandably left frustrated by the lack of activity as Ruud van Nistelrooy’s men face an uphill battle to survive in the Premier League.
Some were wondering where Leicester’s owners were during the final hours of the transfer window before it was revealed where he had been.
Foxes chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha has come under fire from the fanbase due to the lack of transfers completed by Leicester this month.
There were already fears from the owners that Van Nistelrooy could quit Leicester due to the failure to bring any new faces in – aside from Coulibaly.
But while there was an expectation ‘Khun Top’ would be working alongside Jon Rudkin, fans noticed that he was in fact playing Polo for King Power in Thailand.
Srivaddhanaprabha is an avid player and has previously played with the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince William.
He was taking part in The Ambassador Cup Polo Tournament and was one of those in action on the night, meaning that he wasn’t involved in deadline day business.
Leicester will still be able to sign players even though the transfer window has closed, but, there is a catch.
Any transfers involving players at current clubs will have to be arranged for the player in question to join in the summer.
Loan deals are also out of the question but where the Foxes may still be able to recruit is in the free agent market.
Free agents can be registered at any time throughout the remainder of the season and it may not be the worst idea for Van Nistelrooy to look in that direction.
