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Leicester City could be planning ahead for summer transfers, and sending their scouts around Europe to spot some great talent. The Foxes had an official at the match between Benfica and Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday evening, report O Jogo, and saw the home side win 1-0.

Some of the talent on display will be out of the reach of Leicester City, Claudio Ranieri pulling off a swoop for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is unlikely, however, there are some within price range.

Former Fulham striker Konstantinos Mitroglou scored the only game of the game but a Leicester City move for the former Fulham player would depend on Ranieri shedding at least two of his current forwards.

A more likely target is Andre Carrillo, a player Leicester City tried to sign in the summer 2015 transfer window. Carrillo then had one year left on his contract with Sporting Lisbon, and Leicester’s approach was mocked by the club’s president Bruno De Carvalho.

“The only proposal that I received was that of Leicester. Is Carrillo good? If he’s good it only appears there was a proposal from Leicester, this colossus of world football? Only after the clubs agree among themselves, then the buyer club can talk to the player.

“The agent did not speak to the player. When I was young I also believed in Santa Claus, but then I stopped believing.”

Carvalho, known for being, erm, slightly emotional, also said: “If it had not been for Sporting in his life, he possibly wouldn’t play football, he could be playing in any street of Peru and perhaps not even known by anyone.

“We worked with him, Carrillo, four years ago, we grew him, educated him, dressed him, fed him… Because of that Carrillo now has a name, but when he arrived in 2011 he was a child.”

Screen Shot 2017-02-15 at 10.51.58Carrillo was the best young player in Peru when Sporting signed him, and already part of the senior national set-up, hardly kicking a ball around with his mates.

After turning down Leicester’s offer, Sporting failed to convince Carrillo to renew and he signed for their fierce Lisbon rivals Benfica on a free transfer. Leicester City won the Premier League, and Bruno de Carvalho ended up looking an idiot.

Carrillo put in a reasonable performance for Benfica against Dortmund, and should Leicester still be interested in the winger then a deal probably wouldn’t be too hard to agree, with Benfica given the opportunity to make a huge profit.