As much as Leicester City want to stay in the Premier League this season, they have to, given their standing, have half an eye on a potential relegation and a campaign in the Championship.
The paucity of their most recent performance, a 3-0 home defeat to a sub-par Manchester United side, did nothing to assuage fears that next term will be spent in the second tier.
City would want to come straight back up, and would be in a better position to do so if they planned ahead.
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Squad building will perhaps be the biggest part of that planning. They need to establish which positions they would need to strengthen and that will be determined by the positions they retain players in.
It can be expected that quite a few players move on, either because City need sales to get themselves in decent financial shape regarding Profit and Sustainability Rules, or because they have players reluctant to drop into the Championship.
But there will be a good handful who stay too. City lost 13 senior players the last time they were relegated, and if it’s the same number again, they would leave themselves a decent squad of 15.
