Leicester City have made a fantastic return to the Championship.
Enzo Maresca’s team spent the summer preparing for a promotion challenge, with the Foxes aiming to return to the top division at the first try.
Things have started off smoothly for the Italian, with Leicester sitting atop the second division standings.
Leicester City spent a decade in the Premier League until being relegated after finishing 18th in the season.
The Leicestershire club had been one of the top sides in the division just a few years prior, winning the title as recently as 2016, so their relegation came as a surprise.
Despite losing key players, the club has worked rapidly to ensure that it is just a one-year hiccup away from the first flight.
Here, we evaluate the club’s top six highest-paid players based on their current value for money in Maresca’s team, using Capology’s estimated values.
Following Leicester’s relegation from the Championship, Coady joined Wolves in the summer.
The defender is one of the team’s highest-paid players, but injuries have kept him out of Maresca’s starting lineup.
Even without him, the club appears to be defensively sturdy and formidable when attacking from the back.
Iheanacho has been with Leicester since 2017 and has been a significant member of the squad during that time.
With four strikers in the squad currently, it’s impossible to claim that the Nigerian is the first choice.
Given that he is not guaranteed regular minutes, this is a lot to be playing someone who might quickly be replaced for the team’s biggest games by the likes of Tom Cannon and Jamie Vardy.
Pereira has had injury concerns in the past, but he is a high-quality player who fits well in Maresca’s system.
He can play on either the left or right wing, is effective offensively, and contributes defensively.
If he can maintain his steady level of performance over a lengthy period of time, the Portuguese might be an important player for the squad for many years to come.
Vardy is a club legend at the King Power Stadium, having won the Premier League and FA Cup as Leicester City’s leading striker.
Vardy isn’t the player he once was, but he’s still more than capable of scoring the goals that will propel the squad back to the top flight.
He is by far the club’s highest paid player, but he has earned that type of pay via his efforts to the club over the years.
Ndidi has been a key player for Leicester in recent years, and he is a regular starter in the Championship.
This year, the midfielder will be an important part of the team’s promotion campaign.
After a failed loan spell in Italy, Winks joined Spurs in the summer.
He has, however, made an easy transition to his new club and has quickly established himself as an important member of Maresca’s side.
