Leicester City Premier League squad: Iheanacho and Vardy retained, title-winners Fuchs and Morgan released


Steve Luckings
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The 20 Premier League clubs that took part in the 2020/21 season have submitted lists of players they will be retaining in their squads, and ones they will be releasing.

All clubs must submit their respective lists by June 23.

It is worth noting that player contracts typically will run until June 30, and therefore players who are soon to be out of contract are still on the 'retained' list at the time of publishing.

We're at the halfway stage which means a look at Leicester City.

The Foxes were top-four challengers for much of the campaign but stumbled as the finish line approached and a defeat to Tottenham on the final day saw them miss out on Champions League qualification.

That doesn't mean their season wasn't a success, though. Youri Tielemans' screamer at Wembley was worthy of winning any FA Cup final and gave a fitting send-off to club stalwarts Wes Morgan and Christian Fuchs who played such a crucial part in Leicester's Premier League title win five years ago.

Leicester City 

2020/21 Premier League finish: 5th

Retained

Marc Albrighton
Daniel Amartey
Harvey Barnes
Filip Benkovic
Timothy Castagne
Kelechi Chibueze
Hamza Choudhury
Mitchell Clark
Vontae Daley-Campbell
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Jonathan Evans
Oliver Ewing
Shane Flynn
Wesley Fofana
Rachid Ghezzal
George Hirst
Samuel Hughes (Offer)
Callum Hulme
Kelechi Iheanacho
Daniel Iversen
Eldin Jakupovic
James Justin
Josh Knight (Extended)
Thakgalo Leshabela
James Maddison


Kasey McAteer (Extended)
Nampalys Mendy
Admiral Muskwe (Extended)
Wilfred Ndidi
Chituru Odunze
Joshua Okpoda Eppiah
Terell Pennant
Ricardo Pereira
Ayoze Perez
Dennis Praet
Ali Reghba
Kasper Schmeichel
Tyrese Shade (Extended)
Kamal Sowah
Caglar Soyuncu
Jakub Stolarczyk
Thanawat Suengchitthawon
Sidnei Tavares (Offer)
Luke Thomas
Youri Tielemans
Jamie Vardy
Jacob Wakeling
Daniel Ward
Callum Wright

Released

Azeem Abdulai
Dempsey Arlott-John
Oliver Bosworth
Christian Fuchs
Matty James
Darnell Johnson
Wes Morgan
Layton Ndukwu
Darragh O'Connor

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Route 1: bank transfer

The UAE bank charged Dh152.25 for the Dh20,000 transfer. On top of that, their exchange rate margin added a difference of around Dh415, compared with the mid-market rate.

Total cost: Dh567.25 - around 2.9 per cent of the total amount

Total received: €4,670.30 

Route 2: online platform

The UAE bank’s charge for sending Dh20,000 to a UK dirham-denominated account was Dh2.10. The exchange rate margin cost was Dh60, plus a Dh12 fee.

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Total received: €4,756

The UAE bank transfer was far quicker – around two to three working days, while the online platform took around four to five days, but was considerably cheaper. In the online platform transfer, the funds were also exposed to currency risk during the period it took for them to arrive.

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Number of employees: 30

Sector: F&B

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Future markets: Saudi Arabia, potentially Kuwait and other GCC countries

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Placing the tape on the graphite and peeling it, they managed to rip off thin flakes of carbon. In the beginning they got flakes consisting of many layers of graphene. But as they repeated the process many times, the flakes got thinner.

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