Leicester City are interested in landing the highly versatile Nigerian international Wilfred Ndidi. The 19-year old who plays as a defensive midfielder, has been in fine form for the Belgian side Genk this season


According to The Daily Star ,Claudio Ranieri is willing to strengthen his struggling side after losing last season defensive midfield weapon Ngolo Kante to Chelsea in summer,now the manager wants to reinforce his options.


Ndidi who was part of the Nigerian team that feature in the U17 African Championship,but was excluded as he didn't make the competition due to MRI test fail,a year later he joined the U20 team making the bedrock of the midfield,and was later called up by NFF and he makes his senior debut on October 8 2015 in a friendly game against DR Congo.

The Genk midfielder exploited the scene after his first full season in 2015/2016,playing originally as center back,but the player's wide range of passing and shooting redeployed his role to a defensive midfielder.

With Ndidi reputation ,the Premier League outfit are confident of sealing the deal which could rise up to £16 million,and are ready to put a finishing touch to seal the deal with the Belgain side and land Ndidi in January.


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