{"id":847705,"date":"2025-05-12T16:12:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T21:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/ex-leicester-city-midfielder-backs-wilfred-ndidi-for-summer-move-away-from-the-foxes\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T16:12:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T21:12:40","slug":"ex-leicester-city-midfielder-backs-wilfred-ndidi-for-summer-move-away-from-the-foxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/ex-leicester-city-midfielder-backs-wilfred-ndidi-for-summer-move-away-from-the-foxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Leicester City midfielder backs Wilfred Ndidi for summer move away from the Foxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Former Leicester City and England midfielder, Lee Andrew Hendrie, has backed Super Eagles star, Wilfred Ndidi, to exit the King Power Stadium when the summer transfer window opens, <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old has managed to play 27 league games for Ruud Van Nistelrooy&#8217;s side this season despite missing almost two months due to an injury.<\/p>\n<p>Ndidi renewed extended his stay with Leicester City last summer, but with their relegation confirmed, it appears the ex-Genk man will try to force a move away from the club this summer. He has a <span lang=\"en\"><span>\u20ac9m buy-out clause in his current contract.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149826\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/imago1058605525-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149826\">Noussair Mazraoui and Wilfred Ndidi challenge for the ball during the FA Cup match between Manchester United and Leicester City at Old Trafford. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/05\/ndidi-liverpool-super-eagles.html\">EPL: Ndidi impressed by Liverpool star, two Super Eagles stars this season<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/05\/wilfred-ndidi-leicester-cityy.html\">Wilfred Ndidi reveals how Leicester City could have avoided relegation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/leicester-ndidi-saudi-epl.html\"><strong>Three Premier League clubs join Saudi side in pursuit of Leicester City\u2019s Ndidi<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156004\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156004\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1059109927-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156004\">Wilfred Ndidi looks on during the Leicester City FC v Brentford FC English Premier League match at the King Power Stadium, Leicester. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hendrie, who spent six months on loan with Leicester in the 2008\/2009 season, admitted it&#8217;ll be hard for the club to keep Ndidi, and backed the Super Eagles star to move on.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI was a big fan of him [when he was] playing in the Premier League. I know that he\u2019s had injuries at times. I really do feel that the \u00a39m will be met by someone and that\u2019s the thing you have to look at.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClubs that have been promoted, I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll be on the radar of every one of them because of the position he plays, and can play. He can play holding, and he can go and get himself forward,\u201d the 47-year-old said in an interview with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/footballleagueworld.co.uk\/exclusive-lee-hendrie-wilfred-ndidi-leicester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Football League World<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_160169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160169\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imago1059409494-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160169\">Lee Hendrie speaks with Villa TV during the Aston Villa FC v Cardiff City FC Emirates FA Cup Round 5 match at Villa Park, Birmingham. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI just feel that Leicester have lost their way [in the] last few seasons, and they haven\u2019t been able to bolster their squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the Foxes will be disappointed if they lose him because he\u2019s a strong midfielder that could fit into most top Championship sides and lower-half Premier League sides,\u201d the ex-Sheffield United man concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154670\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gm5xGE9WYAIVM0q-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Soccer Super Eagles' Wilfred Ndidi\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154670\">Wilfred Ndidi in action for the Super Eagles. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Leicester have been relegated from the English Premier League for the second time in three seasons. 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The 28-year-old has managed to play 27 league games for Ruud Van Nistelrooy&#8217;s side this season despite missing almost two months due to an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":847706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[143864,89327,2005],"tags":[143863,50295],"class_list":{"0":"post-847705","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ex-leicester","8":"category-midfielder","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-ex-leicester","11":"tag-midfielder"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}