Leicester City urged to cash in on £50k-a-week star - "He's just not good enough" | OneFootball

FLW's Leicester City fan pundit has been discussing the future of Foxes defender Wout Faes.

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Leicester City are set to make some big transfer calls on a host of first-team stars this summer, as they prepare for life back in the Championship.

The Foxes can only hope for an 18th-placed finish in the Premier League at best this season, with two games of the campaign to play.

With a number of players on Premier League-sized contracts and potentially a number of stars unwilling to make the drop to Championship football, a busy summer of ins and outs appears to be in store at the King Power Stadium.

"Not good enough" - Leicester City told to cash in on Wout Faes this summer

We asked our Leicester City fan pundit, Louchlainn Martin: 'Is Wout Faes one Leicester City player who should be cashed in on this summer to raise funds, or should LCFC be looking to keep him at the King Power?'

Louchlainn said: "Wout Faes is an interesting one with Leicester fans.

"I think the large majority of Leicester fans can't wait to see the back of Wout Faes. We brought him in as a replacement to Wesley Fofana.

"Wout Faes came in and he was meant to be a future leader, and obviously we got relegated, and this is two relegations now with Faes at the back.

"He had an exceptional season last year in the Championship for Leicester, and I'm sure it would happen again, but we know he's not good enough for the Premier League. He has a ceiling.

"He's just not good enough, in my opinion, for the Premier League. Whether with a better defence around him he can do a bit better? Maybe so. But personally, I think he will move on this summer.

"There's been talk for the last few months about him leaving, and I think it will finally happen. I don't think there's a space for him in the Premier League, to be honest with you. I think he will go abroad. He'll want to carry on playing for Belgium, that's for sure.

"But, I think his best destination would probably be abroad. Somewhere in Europe, maybe Spain or Germany - somewhere like that. France potentially, which is where we signed him from."

Wout Faes' wages might be biggest sticking point for Leicester City this summer

Signed in the summer of 2022 from Ligue 1 side Reims for a reported fee of £15m, it's fair to say that Faes has cut a divisive figure during his time at the King Power Stadium.

The 27-year-old Belgian international is heading towards the summer off the back of arguably his most disappointing individual campaign as a Leicester player so far.

However, the combative centre-back did stick around for the Foxes' Championship campaign last season, during which he made 43 appearances in the second tier, helping Enzo Maresca's side on the way to the title.

Having put pen to paper on a five-year contract upon signing for Leicester, he is contracted with the club until the summer of 2027. As such, Leicester may not feel as though they are in much of a rush to sell the defender this summer. What may make that decision more of a pressing one, however, is his contract.

Per Capology's figures - which must be stressed are an estimate -, Faes is said to be earning a weekly wage of £50,000 as a Foxes player.

That's a highly substantial wage packet to be handing a player as a Championship club, and with Leicester surely trying to find any avenue to trim down their wage bill ahead of their second tier campaign, Faes' contract stands out as being one that requires addressing.

Therefore, he could well be one City star that is on the chopping block this summer.

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