Leicester City should plot Brighton transfer swoop - he has double Championship promotion experience | OneFootball

Jeremy Sarmiento is set to leave Brighton and Hove Albion this summer, and Leicester City should be on alert.

Jeremy Sarmiento looks likely to leave Brighton and Hove Albion this summer before the deadline, and Leicester City should swoop for his signature.

Leicester have started the new Championship season slowly.

Although they have won two of their three opening Championship games, defeating Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 on the opening day and Charlton Athletic 1-0 on the weekend, a 2-1 defeat away at Preston and a penalty shootout loss to Huddersfield Town in the League Cup cements an indifferent start for new boss Marti Cifuentes.

The Foxes suffered a disappointing relegation from the Premier League last season, with neither Steve Cooper nor Ruud van Nistelrooy able to turn the club's fortunes around.

Club stalwarts Jamie Vardy and Wilfried Ndidi have both left the club, as have Danny Ward, Daniel Iversen, Conor Coady, Mads Hermansen and Kasey McAteer.

McAteer, although never a nailed-on starter during his time with Leicester, leaves a gap on the left wing that needs to be filled, with 16-year-old Jeremy Monga having covered there recently.

Bilal El-Khannouss is seemingly on his way out of the club, having not been included in their 1-0 victory over Charlton at the weekend, with Crystal Palace, Sunderland and Newcastle United having all been heavily linked with the Moroccan.

Jeremy Sarmiento has two promotions from the Championship to his name already

Despite still being only 23, Sarmiento has had three separate loan spells in the Championship with West Brom, Ipswich Town and Burnley, the latter two of which he helped to earn promotion with.

Should Leicester make a move for Sarmiento, the Foxes will hope that the Ecuadorian international continues his impressive record of helping teams achieve promotion by replicating his work at The King Power Stadium.

Whilst Monga has impressed on the flank for Leicester, becoming their youngest-ever starter and youngest-ever professional goalscorer, there remain legitimate doubts as to his availability, having never played a full season of professional football as yet. Monga will, of course, need to be managed carefully without too much pressure placed upon his youthful shoulders.

Sarmiento, meanwhile. would not only add experience to the left flank, but quality and depth too.

Though blighted by inconsistency throughout his career to date, Sarmiento possesses undeniable ability and, at his best, is a real force to be reckoned with at Championship level.

At the age of 23, the winger would bring plenty of long-term upside and resale value, and there's also a school of thought that he remains far from the finished article - but he still has two promotions on his CV and could well be the player to help the Foxes to that sort of success this term.

Leicester City should make a move for Jeremy Sarmiento to replace Kasey McAteer

With McAteer having left the club to join Ipswich for around £12 million, their remains a vacancy on that left flank to be filled, especially with the impending outgoing of El-Khannouss.

38-year-old Asmir Begovic is the club's only signing so far this summer, joining on a free transfer following the expiry of his deal at Everton.

With less than a week to go of the window, the Foxes have yet to spend a single penny on transfer fees this summer, meaning a deal to bring Sarmiento to the club is more than affordable, with The Athletic reporting towards the start of the window that the Seagulls were willing to let the 23-year-old leave the club on a permanent basis this summer.

As of this moment, Sarmiento remains a Brighton player, though it is unlikely that that will be the case come 7pm on September 1st.

The 24-time-capped Ecuadorian still has two years remaining on his deal at The Amex, and should they not be able to shift him permanently this summer, a loan deal may be sanctioned ahead of a permanent switch next summer.