LEICESTER CITY are set for a £30million summer windfall – for two flops who have cost them an eye-watering £1million per game.
Portuguese sports paper O Jogo claims Sporting Club want to bring Adrien Silva and Islam Slimani back to Lisbon this summer.
Sporting Lisbon are lining up a summer move for Leicester flop Islam SlimaniCredit: PA:Press Association
With one year left on their contracts that would suit Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers who knows they could leave for nothing at the end of next season.
The Foxes will have to take at least a £20million hit on the pair, who cost a combined £50million but only made 49 appearances between them.
Silva’s controversial move from Sporting Club was jinxed from the start as Uefa ruled that Leicester were 14 seconds late to register him on transfer deadline day in August 2017.
Sporting also want to bring Adrien Silva back to PortugalCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Leicester took the matter all the way to CAS but failed to overturn the decision and Silva had to wait until January 2018 to make his debut for his new club.
However Silva never settled at the King Power and only made five appearances when Claude Puel took over.
Despite costing £22million, Silva only made 21 appearances for Leicester before being loaned out to AS Monaco.
A move back to his home in Lisbon is bound to appeal to the Portuguese midfielder, whose value will have halved since his ill-fated move.
However Sporting Club will find it harder to land their other Foxes target Slimani as Monaco have an option-to-buy clause which they may choose to activate.
The 31-year-old Algerian, who cost Leicester a then-record £28million, impressed in France, scoring nine times in 19 appearances for the Monte Carlo based club.
Slimani could be available for around £18million now but any cash Leicester raise for the pair will be seen as a bonus as they are both surplus to requirements and haven’t been seen this season under Rodgers.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
