As we count down Leicester City's top position battles this season, we take a look at the midfield where youth and experience will battle it out for a starting place at the King Power Stadium.
4. Anthony Knockaert v. Lloyd Dyer
The recent signing of 20-year old Anthony Knockaert
from French club side Guingamp provides Leicester City
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Lloyd Dyer has been one of Leicester City's longest serving current players - but will he be guaranteed a place in the starting XI this season? |
Nigel Pearson has already stated that he hopes
Knockaert will play a big part in Leicester 's season, and also that he has the ability to
become a successful player in the Championship.
Although having been previously linked with a move to Newcastle United, he is still somewhat
of an unknown quantity to football fans in the UK Leicester City 's
chief scout Steve Walsh has a tendency to find real gems in the transfer
market. Lloyd Dyer did receive a lot
more playing time after Sven-Goran Eriksson parted ways with the club, although
Pearson did seem keen to alternate various formations to accommodate the ability
of Ben Marshall. If Leicester do revert to a 4-4-2 formation rather than switching to a
4-3-3/4-5-1, this is likely to favour Dyer as he is more of an out-and-out
winger, whereas Knockaert's versatility would allow him to also play as
part of a front three.
Likely winner: Given Lloyd Dyer's age and the fact that
he was generally used as a bit-part player last season, Anthony Knockaert
should start ahead of him in 2012/13.
That being said, it's likely that Dyer will still be used in rotation along with set-piece specialist Paul Gallagher.
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