Player’s wish to save himself for Leicester City transfer looking like right idea

 

Kara Mbodj was the one that got away for Leicester City during the January transfer window. Leicester City made two offers to Anderlecht for the defender, but the Belgian club were against a sale, preferring to wait until the summer instead.

It was reported in Belgium that Mbodj wasn’t too pleased at being denied a transfer to the Premier League and was subsequently considering surgery on a knee issue he had. Mbodj wanted surgery to clear up a cartilage problem but Anderlecht were adament that surgery wasn’t the answer, and needed him for the rest of the season anyway.

Waiting and things getting worse, or having surgery in the summer, could potentially put Leicester City off a summer move and therefore it was a tense situation for Anderlecht and Mbodj.

Anderlecht won out and Mbodji didn’t undergo surgery, but now the knee has flared up and Belgium’s DH say he’s set to be out for between 10 days and a month. The problem clearly hasn’t gone away and given that he’s now set to be out anyway, the option of a surgical clean up was probably the wisest route to take.