Leicester City suffered a 2-1 defeat against Preston despite teenage prodigy's heroics in Championship fixture.

Leicester City news as Marti Cifuentes' early season frustrations become clearer after a frustrating defeat at Deepdale

On Friday, A Bola reported Leicester City have set their sights on Benfica’s João Rego. They also said Martí Cifuentes plans to use him as a No.10 or a second striker if the Foxes are able to sign him this summer.

Leicester City are unbeaten across their last seven away league games against Preston North End (W3 D4), winning 3-0 on their last visit to Deepdale in April 2024. Preston have won their opening home game in just one of the last five league campaigns (D1 L3), with that win coming against Sunderland in 2023-24 (2-1).

How we scored the Leicester City players as Marti Cifuentes' first away league game in charge as Osmajic netted a late winner for North End after Monga's brilliance off the bench

Leicester City boss Marti Cifuentes identified the key to Preston North End’s 2-1 win over his Leicester City side at Deepdale. Goals from Alfie Devine and Milutin Osmajic gave the LIlywhites victory and the Spaniard, formerly in charge of QPR, noticed a trend with both of the hosts’ goals.

The 21-year-old attacking midfielder has been considered by a number of Premier League sides following Leicester’s relegation.

The EFL Cup gets started this week, with Championship promotion hopefuls Leicester City among the teams in action. The Foxes kick-started their league campaign with a 2-1 win against Sheffield

Preston North End host Leicester City in their first home clash of the season. The Lilywhites picked up a point at Queens Park Rangers on the opening day, and then edged Barrow in Tuesday night’s first round Carabao Cup contest.

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Therefore, Crystal Palace have already started looking for replacements and as per David Ornstein, the Eagles are working on the deal to sign Leicester City star Bilal El Khannouss. Palace reportedly have seen their first bid worth £20m ($27m) get rejected for the 21-year-old as the Foxes are keen to hold onto the Moroccan midfielder.