Leicester City news: 'We can win the Premier League again,' says club-record signing Ahmed Musa
The 23-year-old is expected to link up with England striker Jamie Vardy in a new-look forward-line
Ahmed Musa believes Leicester City can win the Premier League again after joining the reigning champions for a club-record £16m from CSKA Moscow.
The 23-year-old is expected to link up with England striker Jamie Vardy in a new-look forward-line as Claudio Ranieri, the Leicester manager, restructures his title-winning squad ahead of their Champions League debut this season.
N’Golo Kanté left for five-time champions Chelsea on Saturday in a deal worth in the region of £30m while speculation is rife that Riyad Mahrez could be set to depart the East Midlands before the Community Shield clash with Manchester United on 7 August.
But Musa, speaking to The Sun at Leicester’s pre-season camp in Austria, said: “I am very happy to be joining now. My target here is to win the league again and I believe we can.
“I think the secret behind City’s success is everyone is focused and happy with each other. I started my first session and I was like ‘wow’. Because I have never seen that intensity and tackles flying in Russia. But now I am getting used to it - even Marcin Wasilewski.”
Leicester have acted quickly in the transfer window, wrapping up deals for Musa, Nampalys Mendy (£13m), Ron-Robert Zieler (£2.3m) and Luis Hernández (free) before Kanté's departure this weekend.
Leicester City pre-season training
Show all 6The Foxes travel to Oxford United for their first pre-season friendly tomorrow night before embarking on trips to Glasgow, Los Angeles and Stockholm to face Celtic, Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona in the International Champions Cup.
Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this article
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies