The rumoured Leicester City target recently hinted that he wants to stay at Brighton and Hove Albion.
The Leicester City-linked centre-back, Lewis Dunk, told the official Brighton and Hove Albion website earlier this week that he hopes to be made captain of the Seagulls.
But according to the Mirror (July 12, page 67), Dunk has ‘got his heart set on Leicester’ this summer.
The newspaper adds the Brighton-born player would be ‘devastated’ if a move to the King Power Stadium fails to materialise.
But that appears to be out of Dunk’s hands, with his transfer said to depend on the sale of Harry Maguire, who it is claimed has interest from both Manchester clubs.
According to the Sun, Leicester have been told to pay £40 million for the 27-year-old.
And although that seems steep for a player with just two seasons’ Premier League experience, it is likely to be only a fraction of any fee received for Maguire.
Leicester, Brighton or neither? Where will Dunk begin the new campaign?
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