Leicester City defender Yohan Benalouane reportedly wants out of the King Power Stadium, meaning Aleksandar Dragovic may seal a permanent move to the Foxes.
As reported by Tuttomercatoweb, Leicester City’s Yohan Benalouane is ready to quit the club over a lack of game time, meaning Everton and West Ham United’s hopes of landing Aleksandar Dragovic could be dented.
The 31-year-old Tunisia international, who was an unused substitute against England in Volgograd at the World Cup on Monday, joined the Foxes in 2015 but has only made 16 Premier League appearances since his arrival three years ago.
It is easy to understand why Benalouane wants to leave having played such little football, and it could be bad news for Everton and West Ham, who have both been credited with interest in signing his teammate Dragovic this summer.
Like Benalouane, loan signing Dragovic was only afforded the odd chance to shine following his move from Bayer Leverkusen last summer, but the 27-year-old did impress for the Midlands club.
With the reports that Benalouane is ready to call time on his stint with the club, the need is arguably greater for Leicester to now secure a permanent deal for Dragovic, in turn dealing a blow to their Premier League rivals.
Dragovic proved his worth when called upon by Claude Puel, and showed versatility by filling in at right-back on occasion and unfortunately for the Hammers and the Toffees, it could be that Leicester now decide to prioritise the Austrian defender.
As reported by the Leicester Mercury earlier this month, both West Ham and Everton are interested in signing the centre-back if Leicester opt not act on their purchase option.
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