Enzo Maresca has expressed gratitude to Martyn Glover, the head of recruitment at Leicester City, for seeing potential in Abdul Fatawu.
One of the most exciting players on City’s roster this season, the Ghanaian winger set up Jamie Vardy and scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 victory over Southampton on Tuesday. He now has 18 Championship goals and assists, which ties him with Stephy Mavididi and Vardy.
Fatawu was a relative unknown when he joined on loan from Sporting Lisbon last summer. He had only started ten games in Europe before to this campaign, and nine of those were for Sporting’s B squad, which plays in the third division of Portuguese football.
However, Maresca was shown Fatawu’s skills by City’s head of recruiting Glover and his scouting team, and the manager concurred that he fit the plan. The agreement has been successful, and Maresca does not want the scouting team’s input to be overlooked.
Maresca declared, “We are very happy with Abdul.” “Martyn Glover has made him a player.” He demonstrated his skills to me this summer. I said, “This is the right profile we need,” as soon as I saw him. It originated with Martyn Glover.
However, even for Maresca, Fatawu’s future is still unclear due to City’s transfer ban. When asked if he was aware of the circumstances surrounding the 20-year-old’s possible permanent transfer, the manager replied, “I have no idea.” I have no idea what’s happening. It’s not simple.
According to Portuguese reports, Fatawu’s financing agreement includes a compulsory purchase clause for €17 million (£14.5 million), contingent on promotion. However, the EFL placed City on a transfer embargo in anticipation that the team will violate Profit and Sustainability regulations for the three-year cycle that ends this summer. As a result, City are currently unable to acquire any new players. It is anticipated that in order to balance their books and adhere to the restrictions, the club will attempt to sell players in June.
But once City is officially enrolled with the Premier League, the transfer ban ought to be lifted if they succeed. That is, unless the Premier League, in collaboration with the EFL, decides that they ought to remain under embargo until their financial issues are resolved.
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