Things to know about Leicester transfer target Abdukodir Khusanov | OneFootball

Ruud Van Nistelrooy will have identified several key positions in need of improvement in the winter transfer market. Importantly, Leicester City need to tighten up their defence and stop conceding quite so many chances on goal. As such, a new CB is on order.

The latest makes reference to Uzbekistan international Abdukodir Khusanov. This player is a hotly contested talent ahead of the window opening, with Newcastle United, Manchester City, Leeds United, and Tottenham Hotspur all mentioned with interest. With such an exceptional list of suitors, one has to wonder what all the hype is around a 20-year-old playing in Ligue 1.

Leicester City in for hyped wonderkid?

The hype around the defender is palpable. After just over a year in Ligue 1, Will Still's RC Lens have developed the young centre back into an almost finished product: stylistically, Khusanov is already matured and shows clear signs of where in a system they would fit. For Nistelrooy then, it should be an easy pick.

There is a lot of information to unpack on the Uzbek. It is key to note that some of his statistics are skewed by the style of play utilised by Still: notedly, sometimes using a back three, and other times and back four. The alteration will sometimes mean Khusanov's exact role in the defence is different: sometimes being more progressive, other times more tightly defensive.