{"id":125469,"date":"2023-08-30T00:38:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T23:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/?p=125469"},"modified":"2023-08-30T06:16:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T05:16:34","slug":"ndidi-hero-last-leicester-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/ndidi-hero-last-leicester-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Ndidi the hero in possibly his last Leicester game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wilfred-ndidi-profile-salary-wife-net-worth-village\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilfred Ndidi<\/a> was the hero of the night when Tranmere Rovers hosted Leicester in an EPL Cup round 2 clash.<\/p>\n<p>Ndidi came on as a substitute a minute after the break and made all the difference for the Foxes who dominated the game but could not find the breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>However, it could be the last time we see the Nigerian don the number 25 jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Per multiple reports, the Nigeria international is on his way out of King Power Stadium, with Nottingham Forest as the highly probable destination.<\/p>\n<h2>Is Ndidi's EFL Cup goal against Tranmere a farewell gift to the Foxes?<\/h2>\n<p>Even though the Nigerian international came on at the start of the second half, his contribution to the game was impactful, firing Leicester to a crucial win in round 2 of the EFL Cup.<\/p>\n<p>He was undoubtedly the most outstanding Foxes player against Tranmere in the second half, scoring the opener from a right-footed low drive from the corner of the six-yard box and contributing to Vardy's effort that doubled the lead for the Foxes.<\/p>\n<p>The second-half appearance in the EFL Cup fixture could be Ndidi's final game for the Foxes\u00a0after 6 years at King Power!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The lowdown on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TRALEI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TRALEI<\/a> as the Foxes head back into the hat for the Carabao Cup Third Round \ud83d\udd22<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leicester City (@LCFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LCFC\/status\/1696643638691012863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nine minutes after coming on, Wilfred Ndidi slotted home a cool finish from the edge of the box. Four minutes later, Jamie Vardy doubled the lead from close range after receiving a right-footed cross from the Nigerian.<\/p>\n<p>Both goals were scored in front of the travelling fans.<\/p>\n<p>For Wilred Ndidi, it was not only a great way to ice the cake after 6 years with the Foxes but also a special gift to the supporters who responded with thunderous applause.<\/p>\n<h2>Deal with Nottingham closer than ever<\/h2>\n<p>While the 2023 summer transfer window is nearing closure, we still could see several high-profile transfers completed in the final days and hours.<\/p>\n<p>Nottingham's Steve Cooper is reportedly keen on bolstering his midfield in the 2023\/24 PL season and Wilfred Ndid is a prime target for the tactician.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wilfred-ndidi-agrees-personal-terms-with-forest\/\">Ndidi has reportedly agreed to personal terms with Nottingham Forest<\/a>, so what remains is for the club to send a bid to Leicester before official negotiations can begin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: Nottingham Forest set to bid for Wilfred Ndidi, proposal expected to be submitted soon for Nigerian DM as he\u2019s top target \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd34\ud83c\udf33 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NFFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Understand personal terms have been agreed and negotiations will now start between clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Forest will push to make it happen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l9ionCDLaq\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/l9ionCDLaq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1695888624540078127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Italian Journalist and transfer specialist, Fabrizio Romano, reports that Forest are expected to formalize the discussions with an official Wildred Ndidi transfer bid in the coming hours.<\/p>\n<p>Romano reveals that the deal could be done before or on deadline day.<\/p>\n<h2>A quick review of Ndidi's Leicester stats<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_125500\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125500\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-125500 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-1024x705.jpg\" alt=\"Wilfred Ndidi takes on a Rotherham player\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-20x14.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-80x55.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-465x320.jpg 465w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-60x41.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-696x479.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-1068x736.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-1920x1323.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-610x420.jpg 610w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73461415-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-125500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wilfred Ndidi signed up for Leicester in January 2017, for a fee of around \u20ac\u200e17.6 million, having switched from the Belgian side, KRC Genk.<\/p>\n<p>However, a dip form has made first-team opportunities hard to come by for the Nigerian international.<\/p>\n<p>The last time that the Super Eagles midfielder scored a League goal for Leicester was in January 2021 when they faced Chelsea at King Power Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>However, he has been an instrumental player for the Foxes, especially in the midfield. The 26-year-old has always come through to deliver when given a chance.<\/p>\n<p>So, despite the goal-draught, Ndidi's consistency is something Nottingham needs to avoid a relegation battle that nearly took them down last season.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Ndidi's most recent goals for the Foxes have been in the EFL Cup. He has now scored in two consecutive EFL Cup fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder scored against Burton on 9th August in Round 1 of the EFL Cup after an assist from compatriot <a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/kelechi-iheanacho-biography-house-wife-salary-age-net-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelechi Iheanacho<\/a>. Iheanacho scored the opener in that game.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_125502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125502\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-125502 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73460254-1024x745.jpg\" alt=\"Kelechi Iheanacho in action for Leicester vs Rotherham\" width=\"1024\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73460254-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73460254-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73460254-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73460254-20x15.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73460254-80x58.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73460254-440x320.jpg 440w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73460254-60x44.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73460254-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73460254-696x507.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73460254-1068x777.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73460254-1920x1398.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73460254-577x420.jpg 577w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73460254-324x235.jpg 324w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73460254-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-125502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He has so far made four Championship appearances since the Foxes were relegated to the second tier last season.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Ndidi scored 7 goals and provided 9 assists for Leicester in the Premier League since joining them in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>He scored 1 goal for the Foxes in 4 Europa League appearances and had another four UCL appearances in his debut season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilfred Ndidi was the hero of the night when Tranmere Rovers hosted Leicester in an EPL Cup round 2 clash. Ndidi came on as a substitute a minute after the break and made all the difference for the Foxes who dominated the game but could not find the breakthrough. However, it could be the last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":984,"featured_media":125473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no"},"categories":[1,25460],"tags":[14240,14239],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Chandan Pandey","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125469"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125503,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125469\/revisions\/125503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125469"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=125469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}