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"First of all, the most important thing is to be patient. The main message I can give to them [the fans] is that the way we want to play, there are targets and purpose in behind, and that is to win the game. "Listen to the full podcast on BBC SoundsOwynn Palmer-Atkin, BBC Radio LeicesterEnzo Maresca has his sixth summer signing, following the arrival of Cesare Casadei from Chelsea on-loan until the end of the season. It's the next piece of the jigsaw of a complicated masterplan to get Leicester City back into the Premier League at the first attempt. Before Casadei completed his move, Enzo Maresca told BBC Sport Leicester that he wanted at least four more players, but now the recruitment strategy has to change. The Foxes' squad is too big, and Maresca has admitted himself that players will now have to leave the club before any more can be brought in. Players like Bouba Soumare, Timothy Castagne and Patson Daka are all edging closer to moves away, but it is our understanding that the football club are not lowering their valuations of the players despite being relegated to the Championship.
"He's a player who will give us very good solutions in terms of position, he's a very good player who I believe will be a great addition for us. "The feedback I have got is that things are on the right track and either today or tomorrow we will have news about him and he is really close to being our player, I am really pleased. "We have to do our maximum because we are really short and light in numbers and we have to try everything.
Tranmere Rovers vs Leicester City betting tips: Carabao Cup preview, predictions and oddsTranmere Rovers vs Leicester City odds and betting statisticsTranmere Rovers vs Leicester City recommended betsTip of the dayTranmere Rovers vs Leicester CityLeicester to win 3-0 against Tranmere- 11/1! At 11/1, a £10 bet would return £120! Tranmere Rovers vs Leicester City match previewThis is a repeat of the League Cup Final from 23 years ago, a match won 2-1 by Leicester at Wembley, so will this rematch go the same way? In the previous round, Leicester swatted aside Burton Albion, with Kelechi Iheancho and Wilfried Ndidi on target. Meantime, Enzo Maresca’s side have also enjoyed a perfect start to their Championship return, defeating Rotherham at the weekend, courtesy of Kasey McAteer’s brace. So, the Foxes certainly travel to Birkenhead as overwhelming favourites.
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Leicester City winger Matt Piper has been impressed with summer signing Stephy Mavididi's start at the King Power Stadium. "From some of the clips I'd seen as we were signing him I thought he was a little quicker than what he is, " Piper told the When You're Smiling Podcast. "Harvey Barnes was a very quick over 10-80 yards, a real power runner. And that's what I was expecting from Mavididi but that's not what you get from him. "Arguably what you need more as a winger is the 0-10 yard acceleration and a trick to give you that space to accelerate into and that's how he scored the goal. It was brilliant, the stepover, one movement, got the half yard he needed and flashed it in near post.
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"Sometimes we try to attract the opponent into our side, playing with the keeper, even if the keeper is a little bit outside of the box, it doesn't matter. It's a way to attract the opponent and try to find space and solutions in behind. But, for me, the main focus is the ball - so everything we do in training sessions is with the ball, and then in games we want exactly the same. "On whether he has fully implemented his style yet: "It's been less than two months so there are still many things to do, absolutely. We are just at the beginning, I think we are just 10-20% there - it's just the beginning.
With pre-season and with the games, it's a little bit complicated to have time to do something different. But, for sure, I'm going to do that. "I'm quite curious and interested to know the city better but it has been a busy time. "On his footballing philosophy: "The idea is to keep the ball, but to keep the ball with purpose and with a target. So every time we have the ball there is a target in behind that most of the time is trying to attack, find space, and find a solution. Sometimes we also struggle because the opponent presses us very well, for instance against Huddersfield when they went man-to-man.
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