It's a Knockaert?

Now we all know that Paul Lambert likes a bargain and is prepared to gamble on unproven youth rather than expensive experience.

So is he really going to spunk away £10million of Randy's dough on Hiroshi Kiyotake when a far cheaper alternative is just up the road at Leicester City?


The word on the grapevine is that 21 year old French pretender Anthony Knockaert was none too happy about being left out of the Foxes starting line-up as the Football League got under way and that Nigel Pearson's latest system won't necessarily suit his game. That being the case, could he be tempted to chance his arm at a Premier League club a few miles down the road?

While we understand the current internet rumours (that we've probably just added to) linking the player with Villa are wide of the mark, our Leicestershire mole's response was "many a true word spoken in jest". He's a cryptic bugger.

Barry Bannan

Though Leicester tended to use the player as an out and out winger last season, he certainly has the attributes to be an effective player in the hole and is expected to improve on last season's impressive showing, which was somewhat blighted when his last gasp penalty was saved in the play-offs and Watford scored a shock winner twenty seconds later. What shouldn't be overlooked is that the miss aside, Knockaert was quality in that game.

While the Foxes would be keen to hold on the player, a wedge of cash and a couple of members of the bomb squad (Barry Bannan springs to mind) might sweeten any potential deal.

If we were to capture the Frenchman, he'd follow in the fine tradition of Didier Six and David Ginola.