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Cesare Casadei

Seems we are recalling him to take a first team spot which is crazy considering he was just starting to get a run of games. 

A replacement for Gallagher? Can’t see the logic even if we assume we are selling Gallagher, we already have Lavia, Ugochukwu, Santos & Chukwuemeka as options to the £100m pair. 

 
I guess this could be for one  (or a combination) of a few reasons:

1) Gallagher is going. Would be very sad if this is the case

2) One or both of Ugochukwu/Lavia are going to be out for a long time and we want reinforcement - this very well could be the case, though I've thought of Casadei as a more attacking player than either of those two

3) We've identified the need for a midfielder who can win a header or two, and as a bonus he seems to have an eye for goal

4) Maybe Leicester are about to sign someone in his position? We've seen before how clubs prioritize their own players over loanees, and they're in a comfortable enough spot in the league to afford a slight drop in quality from a rotation CM if the incoming player is a bit behind Cesare in their development.

5) Loan rules/limits? I'm not sure what restrictions are imposed on domestic loans but if we're envisioning sending Santos back out on loan later in the season maybe we need to open up a space?


I liked a lot of what I saw from Casadei in pre-season, he's obviously raw, but so is most of our squad. I just hope that if he does get recalled we don't waste half a season by just having him sit on the bench a couple times and play dev squad games. I know he wasn't first on the teamsheet for Leicester but he's had 25 apps, adding up to over 1100 minutes, producing 3 goals and 2 assists... for context Mudryk's played fewer minutes this season.

 
He was pretty decent at Reading, and he done well at Leicester. Lots of potential in this lad, far more than RLC.

 
cfr95 said:
I guess this could be for one  (or a combination) of a few reasons:

1) Gallagher is going. Would be very sad if this is the case

2) One or both of Ugochukwu/Lavia are going to be out for a long time and we want reinforcement - this very well could be the case, though I've thought of Casadei as a more attacking player than either of those two

3) We've identified the need for a midfielder who can win a header or two, and as a bonus he seems to have an eye for goal

4) Maybe Leicester are about to sign someone in his position? We've seen before how clubs prioritize their own players over loanees, and they're in a comfortable enough spot in the league to afford a slight drop in quality from a rotation CM if the incoming player is a bit behind Cesare in their development.

5) Loan rules/limits? I'm not sure what restrictions are imposed on domestic loans but if we're envisioning sending Santos back out on loan later in the season maybe we need to open up a space?


I liked a lot of what I saw from Casadei in pre-season, he's obviously raw, but so is most of our squad. I just hope that if he does get recalled we don't waste half a season by just having him sit on the bench a couple times and play dev squad games. I know he wasn't first on the teamsheet for Leicester but he's had 25 apps, adding up to over 1100 minutes, producing 3 goals and 2 assists... for context Mudryk's played fewer minutes this season.
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Good post 🙂 

 
It’s going to be very frustrating if he returns and plays 175 minutes the remainder of the season. Especially when he’s been playing and featuring regularly at Leicester. 
 

I understood recalling Audrey since NFFC basically said flat out that they weren’t gonna play him. But Cesare was actually playing a good amount. 
 

I’m hearing he’s going to join the first team, I’m just reluctant to be excited about this given my lack of understanding anything the club is doing atm. 

 
To be honest it's not like any of our midfielders bar Connor have been good so far this season so I wouldn't be against given him a chance.

He's tall and wins headers, which is probably a big bonus for Poch considering his complaint regarding squad height. 

 
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