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Leicester City have joined Preston North End in the race to sign Max Lowe.

Leicester City have joined Preston North End in the chase for Max Lowe, who is understood to be one of the players who's given his notice in at Sheffield Wednesday.

Both Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday have had difficult summers so far.

Leicester had a lengthy delay in parting ways with Ruud van Nistelrooy and the possibility of points deductions over financial issues, while Wednesday's problems have become existential, with a three-window transfer embargo and confusion over the future of head coach Danny Rohl.

But both clubs need players for next season, and Wednesday's ongoing problems may have presented Leicester with an opportunity to pick up a player who might not otherwise have been on their radar at all.

Leicester join Preston North End in the race for Max Lowe

Talksport's Alex Crook has claimed that Leicester are now in the race to sign Max Lowe, who's understood to be one of the Sheffield Wednesday players who has given in his notice following the club's failure to pay him on time.

Leicester aren't the only club interested in Lowe. Journalist Alan Nixon had already reported that Preston North End were interested in signing Lowe, who signed for Wednesday in August 2024 after being released by their city rivals Sheffield United.

Max Lowe has already won promotion from the Championship twice in his career

Max Lowe would certainly make an intriguing addition to any upwardly-mobile Championship squad, having already won promotion to the Premier League twice in his career. In 2022, he was part of the Nottingham Forest squad that won promotion via the play-offs while on loan from Sheffield United, and the following season he was back at Bramall Lane, helping the Blades return to the top flight.

The very fact that Lowe could be available to other clubs should be a source of embarrassment for Sheffield Wednesday.

FIFA regulations state that any player who has not received their salary on the correct date for two consecutive months can terminate their contract by giving their employer written notice. The club then have 15 days to pay the outstanding money in full, or the player is free to leave.

With new ownership now likely at Hillsborough, though, Lowe might be forgiven wondering whether leaving for the King Power Stadium could end up being a case of jumping from frying pan to fire. The extent to which Leicester may be in trouble over their financial issues is not currently known, but in a division which looks competitive ahead of the new season, any points deduction at all could completely knock their season completely off balance.

Preston might not quite have quite the same lofty ambitions as Leicester, but they are at least reasonably financially stable, and given his experience at Wednesday this summer, it may be that this turns out to be more of a consideration than it would ordinarily be for a player leaving one club for another.