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With Jamie Vardy slowly starting to decline, Leicester’s go-to guy upfront for so many years, panic is setting in around the King Power that their other striking options are not good enough to hold the mantle in attack.
The Foxes’ £25m signing from Manchester City, Kelechi Iheanacho, has hit just 10 goals in almost 50 appearances in the blue of Leicester, wholly disappointing form after huge initial excitement upon his arrival.
As well as the Nigerian, Shinji Okazaki hasn’t found the back of the net as much as Claude Puel would like – the Japanese forward hasn’t scored in his last 30 games. Fousseni Diabate is the fourth-choice striker at the King Power, and is on the fringes of the team.
So, in light of all of those factors, we asked Leicester fans if they’d like to see 22-year-old La Liga hitman Maxi Gomez sign for the club, as he is currently on fire with Celta Vigo, scoring eight goals and recording four assists so far this season.
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He is a tall forward whose height would be a perfect complement to Vardy’s pace, as the Englishman would thrive off the 22-year-old’s flick-ons into the channels as well as those that put him in on goal.
A whopping 95% of those who voted said they’d like to see the Uruguayan in the Premier League, as shown by the results below…