Leicester City tipped for Millwall transfer defeat involving Charlton Athletic - 'I can't see it' | OneFootball

The Scottish international is at the end of his Charlton contract and has been connected to a potential move to Leicester City this summer.

Scottish international Lyndon Dykes has been linked to a potential move to Leicester City this summer, but there are doubts over whether he would want to drop a division to League One.

At the end of a calamitous 2025-26 season which ended in a second successive season, few other teams in the entire EFL are in as much need of a reboot as Leicester City.

The club has marked the tenth anniversary of their historic Premier League season by dropping into League One, and with Gary Rowett's short-term contract with the club having ended with that relegation, they don't even currently have a head coach or manager to oversee the first team.

One player who has been linked to a possible summer move to The King Power Stadium is Lyndon Dykes, with journalist Ben Jacobs having reported via X that Millwall and Leicester are both interested in acquiring his services - and subsequent reports have claimed interest from the likes of Burnley, Cardiff, Bristol City and Middlesbrough have entered the mix, too.

The forward is out of contract with Charlton Athletic after seeing out an initial short-term deal in South London, though whether he makes a quick decision over his future is open to question, given that he's part of the Scotland squad that's heading to North America for the World Cup finals.

"I just can't see it" - questions asked over Dykes to Leicester rumours

Football League World have spoken to our resident Foxes fan pundit Jamie Preston for his assessment of these rumours, and Jamie feels that Dykes is the profile of player that his club would be looking to sign this summer: "The transfer rumour mill has set off in style for Leicester. Yet another name has been mentioned as Leicester target Lyndon Dykes, a Scottish international, he's 30 years old. Is that the kind of player Leicester are looking at? Yes, he's experienced, he's played for QPR, Birmingham and Charlton."

But Jamie has clear doubts over whether Dykes has the striker's instinct that his team needs after their disastrous 2025-26 season: "But he's never been the most prolific of goalscorers, and we need someone who can score goals after last season. Jordan Ayew and Daka didn't score many between them and we need someone who can put the ball in the back of the net week in week out and can get you 20 or 25 goals. That's what we need to get out of this division. Yes, Lyndon Dykes will do a job of bullying people out the way and making space for other players, but will we have the other players to score those goals?"

Our Foxes pundit feels that Dykes reminds him of a specific player from Leicester's past, though he doesn't know whether his team's system for next season will be suitable for a player like this: "He reminds me of an old fashioned striker like Stevie Howard up top for Leicester, but will be play up top will it be two up top? I love a good two up top, but I just can't see it."

And there are two big reasons why Jamie believes that the rumours of Dykes moving to The King Power Stadium this summer may be slightly overblown: "If Millwall are involved, he's more likely to to go to the Championship than League One. I can't see him dropping down to League One while he's already in the Championship. If Millwall come in for him I think they'll be the ones, but all in all, with having no manager it's just rumours. I can't see anyone coming to us until we've got a manager."

There's more than one reason why Lyndon Dykes might not be a good fit for Leicester City in 2026-27

One of the bigger ironies of Leicester City's fall from grace last season was that scoring goals wasn't a major problem them. The 58 that they scored was only beaten by two clubs in the entire bottom half of the Championship table - Sheffield United and Queens Park Rangers - while it was also more than two teams in the top half - Birmingham City and Swansea City - could manage.

But that's not to say that there weren't issues up front for them. Only Jordan James managed to get into double figures in the League for them in 2025-26, but Jordan Ayew and Patson Daka could only manage 11 League goals between them all season.

Dykes could fit the club's profile in terms of his wage expectations. Capology estimate him to have been on £15,000-a-week at Charlton, and Salary Sport estimates of the wages paid at The King Power Stadium in 2025-26 suggest that he wouldn't be breaking the bank, regardless of the ongoing financial issues which resulted in the six-point deduction which ultimately relegated them last season. He's a highly experienced player who will be headed to the World Cup this summer.

But the final two issues raised by our pundit certainly do look like bigger potential stumbling blocks obstructing a potential Leicester move for Lyndon Dykes. With big trophy wins under their belt in recent years, Leicester, it might be argued, are a 'bigger' club than Millwall, but that's an irrelevance if they're playing in a lower division, and it remains a fact that the vast majority of players want to play at the highest level that they can. Given that the Lions finished 3rd in the Championship last season, the appeal of a move to The Den would be clear.

And the uncertainty over who their manager might be next season is an equally big concern. Different managers can have very different tactical systems, and without knowing for sure who will be leading Leicester City into the 2026-27 season it's just about impossible to say whether any particular individual would be a 'good fit' for them. With Dykes about to leave for North America, it might be another few weeks yet before the player makes a firm decision about his own future.