Confirmed £26 million star signing: What Cooper’s dream Leicester squad may be

Steve Cooper will now be looking for a variety of acquisitions to make now that he has taken over as Leicester City manager, to ensure the Foxes do not drop back to the Championship right away. The one-time Premier League champions will, undoubtedly, be the most confident of the trio that advanced from the second tier to the promised land of the top flight, having also won the division below with an incredible 31 wins.

Enzo Maresca, the mastermind in the dugout behind this accomplishment, has left for the attraction of Chelsea after promotion was achieved, and Cooper now has a point to prove at the King Power Stadium after departing Nottingham Forest on bad terms in the Premier League. Whether the Welshman is a success or not will depend on the incomings that Leicester can attract this summer, as the club does not want to sever the squad’s synergy from last season, but rather add in sprinkles of quality that can help the East Midlands side become an established top-flight team again.

Here’s what the perfect Leicester team could look like next season, with a former Cooper player set to join the Foxes, among other noteworthy signings…

GK: Mads Hermansen Mads Hermansen will seek to follow in the footsteps of fellow countrymen Kasper Schmeichel, who has moved up to the Premier League with Leicester, with the 37-year-old now an immortalised great at the King Power, having spent much of his early footballing career in the EFL.

The current Foxes shot-stopper was solid for the title-winning side last season and will be trusted in goal when he moves up a league, having kept 13 clean sheets in 44 second-tier games. RB: Ricardo Pereira Despite concerns that Ricardo Pereira’s head might be turned during Leicester’s relegation, the Portuguese defender remained in the East Midlands, even while playing in the lower division, and shone. Pereira would score three goals and assist three times as a right-back, and he would be anxious to return to the Premier League after making 102 appearances for his team in the top flight.