Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has dropped a subtle hint on his Leicester City future after his side sealed the Championship title last night.
Enzo Maresca‘s side produced one of their best away performances of the season at Preston North End’s Deepdale ground.
Jamie Vardy simply had to have a say, netting two poachers goals before Kasey McAteer, on his return to the side, added the third.
McAteer made his first start since February and he repaid the Italian head coach with a neat header from Abdul Fatawu‘s left-footed cross
Jamie Vardy still has a lot to give
Despite turning 37 in January, Vardy has shown very little signs of slowing down.
The veteran forward has become more efficient in his movement and pressing but aside from that, not much has changed.
He’s still deadly when a chance arrives and yesterday’s brace took his tally to 20 goals for the season across just 19 starts.
As per Fotmob, Vardy has the best goals-per-90 ratio across the entire Championship, further proving how much he still has left in the tank.
The Foxes legend is out of contract in the summer but talks to extend his stay at King Power Stadium are expected to commence over the coming weeks.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall drops hint on Leicester City future
Dewsbury-Hall was linked with a move to Brighton and Hove Albion in the January transfer window but opted to remain put.
Though, with City likely needing to sell players in the summer to keep in line with Profit and Sustainability regulations, he’s been rumoured to depart.
The academy graduate would be a pure profit sale and therefore he’s the most likely to move on but speaking after the game last night, he hinted at staying.
Asked about Maresca’s influence, Dewsbury-Hall said: “So important for my development.
“I didn’t know a lot about him before he came in apart from he worked with Pep (Guardiola).
“I mean I respected him straight away but he’s helped my game a lot, I feel like I’ve developed so much.
“I know football a lot more now and I’m really excited to see what happens in the future.
“I feel really, really good and I think good things can happen.”
It was a glowing assessment of his manager and one that sounded as though he wanted to continue playing and developing under his stewardship.
Dewsbury-Hall certainly didn’t sound like a player who wanted to leave, so the onus will be on the football club to find a way to balance the books in other ways.
