The latest Leicester City news as the club’s internationals meet up with their national sides, including underutilized defender Harry Souttar. Graham Arnold has been’surprised’ by Harry Souttar’s lack of game time at Leicester City, and he has urged the tall centre-back to embrace next month’s international fixtures as an opportunity to showcase himself. Australia manager Arnold has called up the Foxes defender for away matches against Bangladesh and Palestine in Perth, both of which are practically dead rubbers, with the Socceroos looking to improve their FIFA rating and World Cup seeding.
However, there could be more on the line for the 25-year-old, who saw minimal playing time under Enzo Maresca, making only four appearances and one Championship start. Arnold has already stated that Souttar, who still has four years remaining on the contract he signed when he moved from Stoke City in January 2023 for a reputed £15 million, needs to play regularly in the first team.
He appears to be a major possibility to leave the King Power Stadium this summer, if City can find someone to take him on. “What’s important is his club future, but Harry coming with us and playing well promotes him,” Arnold told the West Australian. “It shows everyone how good he is. I’m astonished by his lack of playing time, given what he did against England at Wembley and what he’s done for us in the past.
“His club career is very important and he’s one of those players that is desperate to get back into camp and play these two games.” Arnold also attempted to emphasise the importance of the matches against Bangladesh and Palestine: “If we win both of these games, we could get into pot one; we are currently very close to South Korea. We’re just a hair behind South Korea. “There’ll be a few selections I’ll make to look at the future, but I’ll pick a lot of players we’ve had for a quite a while so we have the consistency to win these two games.”
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