Which World Cup player should Leicester City sign?
This one ticks so many boxes - unfortunately, all the ones we normally avoid!
He's a right back (we've got loads of right backs), he's 27 (bit old for our usual criteria) and plays for Celtic (so not playing in a major league).
However, Josip Juranović of Croatia really stood out for me.
I watched the game against Brazil on BBC One for the first half and then listened to the radio for the second half. Both broadcast teams picked him out, which was especially satisfying as I'd been thinking the same all game.
I hear what you're all saying - you can't sign a player based on one game, but it was a sensational performance full of energy, desire and quality.
Iain Wright
Sticking with the Croatian full back theme, Borna Sosa had an excellent tournament and we have a vacancy on the left side of defence. A man who has the confidence to play for Croatia, then declare for Germany, then go back cap in hand to Croatia when it turns out he isn’t eligible for Germany must be worth betting on.
The other player who really stood out early in the tournament, so perhaps everyone has forgotten about him since, was Yunus Musah. The US midfield was full of energy and some genuine quality as well.
He’s already in Europe with Valencia but he’s only 20 and feels like one of the figureheads of their 2026 team. McKennie and Adams are better known of the midfield three at the moment, but Musah is the thinking man’s pick for their midfield MVP.
James Knight
One player who impressed me was Ritsu Doan of SC Freiburg.
He ticks the 'left-footed right winger' box, and although he doesn't possess the dribbling ability of someone like Riyad Mahrez, his work rate, defensive contribution, and poaching instincts would make him a good fit in a Rodgers system.
At 24, there is probably still room for development, and the club has had recent success in negotiations with his club, with the signing of Caglar Soyuncu in 2018.
There may be an element of misty-eyed nostalgia on my behalf, with the recent memories of cult hero Yuki Abe (who retired last season at the grand age of 41!) and fan favourite Shinji Okazaki.
Despite the incredibly small sample size of two, Japanese players seem to flourish at the King Power. More importantly, Doan's best position is one we lack depth in, and he has proven his quality against top opposition in the World Cup, Bundesliga and Europa League.
Matt Jedruch
I really liked Mohammed Kudus’s performances for Ghana.
We’re still in need of a winger who can impact games. It may be that he gets a bigger move than us after impressing on the biggest stage of all, but Everton appear to be in the mix for him and we’re a better prospect than them.
Maybe Big Dan can put in a word for us.
As for who we can realistically attract, it’s hard to judge where we fall at the moment. We didn’t really have any stellar starters at the tournament despite a strong few years in the Premier League. Would players from other leagues look at Leicester as a good move? You’d hope so, but a summer of almost complete inactivity means it’s impossible to know for sure where we stand.
The links to Moroccan midfielder Azzedine Ounahi are interesting - clearly a player with bags of potential and he seemed to thrive under pressure. Again, he might end up with a bigger club but if he was a realistic target, his lack of goal threat would concern me a little given we already have Dewsbury-Hall as a box-to-box player who doesn’t pose much danger to the opposition goal. Still, someone will need to be the new Tielemans, and there’s more to that than pinging one in from 30 yards every now and then.
David Bevan
