{"id":621752,"date":"2023-01-31T11:07:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T16:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=621752"},"modified":"2023-01-31T11:07:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T16:07:43","slug":"leicester-city-medical-ongoing-harry-souttar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/leicester-city-medical-ongoing-harry-souttar\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Medicals Ongoing&#8217;: Leicester City Closing in on \u00a315 Million Defender as Chaotic Deadline Day Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leicester City will complete the signing of Stoke City defender Harry Souttar before the transfer window closes, Fabrizio Romano has <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1620420854973886480\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Romano stated that: &#8220;Leicester City are set to complete the signing of Harry Souttar on permanent deal for \u00a315m, here we go \u2014 medicals ongoing right now, almost done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Here We Go\u2019: Leicester City \u2018Set to Complete\u2019 \u00a315 Million Signing of Harry Souttar<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leicester City are set to complete the signing of Harry Souttar on permanent deal for \u00a315m, here we go \u2014 medicals ongoing right now, almost done \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd35\ud83e\udd8a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LCFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeadlineDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DeadlineDay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Official statement to follow. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cgOf4zFSuh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cgOf4zFSuh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1620420854973886480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Who Is Harry Souttar?<\/h3>\n<p>Souttar is a 24-year-old Australian centre-back who currently plays for Championship side Stoke City. He suffered an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stokesentinel.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/harry-souttar-injury-stoke-australia-7589277\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anterior cruciate ligament injury<\/a> in 2021, but has since returned and enjoyed an impressive World Cup campaign with the national team.<\/p>\n<p>He has made a total of seven league appearances for Stoke this season and still has plenty of room to develop if this move goes through.<\/p>\n<h3>Leicester City Defensive Woes<\/h3>\n<p>Given the Foxes&#8217; defensive frailties this season &#8211; they have conceded 35 goals in just 20 league games this campaign &#8211; Souttar could be exactly the type of player Brendan Rodgers needs to steer his side away from the relegation zone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/fulham-full-agreement-torino-sasa-lukic\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Fulham Reach \u2018Full Agreement\u2019 for \u00a38.8 Million Midfielder<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In particular, Leicester have struggled to defend set pieces, and Souttar would certainly improve the side in that regard. He is an incredibly physical presence and is exceptional in the air; winning the vast majority of his aerial duels.<\/p>\n<p>He will have to prove he has what it takes to make the jump up in quality, but he definitely has the raw qualities needed to be a huge success.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Potential Deadline Day Deals<\/h3>\n<p>The other big story of the day for Leicester City fans is the club&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/leicester-city-leeds-united-jack-harrison\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">late swoop for Leeds United winger Jack Harrison<\/a>. The Foxes are continuing to work on that move and are desperate to get the deal done, but the signing hinges on whether or not Leeds are able to secure a replacement for the 26-year-old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/crystal-palace-albert-sambi-lokonga-arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Crystal Palace In Talks To Sign Unhappy Arsenal Midfielder On Loan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One thing is for sure though, with two potential deals still to be made, it is going to be a busy evening for Leicester City as they continue to push for both Harrison and Souttar.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Q8JbouxFQ2RwhlGfELQzeg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1245899022\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Q8JbouxFQ2RwhlGfELQzeg',sig:'jWxzO_pWwQLxds9bLxfUEsJRmwtHOSbvBycxXcyF7xg=',w:'594px',h:'397px',items:'1245899022',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leicester City will complete the signing of Stoke City defender Harry Souttar before the transfer window closes, Fabrizio Romano has reported. Romano stated that: &#8220;Leicester City are set to complete the signing of Harry Souttar on permanent deal for \u00a315m, here we go \u2014 medicals ongoing right now, almost done.&#8221; \u2018Here We Go\u2019: Leicester City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4305,"featured_media":621756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,33,3,7188,21],"tags":[9716,9354,7392],"class_list":["post-621752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leicester-city","category-championship","category-premier-league","category-rumours","category-stoke","tag-harry-souttar","tag-leicester-city-transfer-rumours","tag-stoke-city-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Harry Dowsett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}