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As reported by French football journalist Manu Lonjon over the weekend, Leicester are set to make a run at Club Brugge’s 21-year-old Nigerian forward Emmanuel Dennis.
Whilst still young, Dennis has managed to establish himself incredibly well for the Belgian side with 25 goals in 86 appearances (via Transfermarkt) and even managed to score a brace against Real Madrid in a recent Champions League game.
However what sort of impact could his arrival have on the club’s first team attacking three, but in particular their main man and league’s top scorer Jamie Vardy?
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Having played most of his career predominantly as a centre-forward, Dennis can also play anywhere across a front three, so he’d be a prime candidate not just for Vardy’s role, but also contending for the likes of Harvey Barnes and Ayoze Perez out wide.
As discussed earlier, the fact that he has managed to establish himself as a first-team player for his club might end up causing a few problems.
If he was an up and coming youngster who had only made a couple of cameos it would be safe to assume that he’d take on a similar role at the King Power, acting as a substitute or rotation player and giving someone like Vardy or Perez some relief every now and again.
Whilst that may be the case for cup games, when it comes to dislodging that front three for league outings, that would be something different.
With that being said, he very much fits the mould as the ‘long term’ successor for Jamie Vardy.
Although he is capable of playing anywhere across the front three, his most natural role is that of a ‘centre-forward’, capable of scoring goals with either foot as well as his head.
Not only that but his days out wide see him as a naturally quick player, being described as a pacey forward in the past. This is a vital aspect in a Brendan Rodgers system, so he’ll be able to combine those into bringing both speed and power.
As is well documented, Vardy holds that in abundance and has also played on the wing throughout his career.
Whilst Vardy shows no sign of slowing down despite being 32 and fast approaching 33, there will eventually be a time where that pace and firepower drops off and he’d have to make way for Dennis.
Thankfully it’ll be Rodgers that would have to make that decision rather than us here at FFC, because that will be a tough call to make should the deal go through.