Ndidi decision to stay eases headache for Cooper
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Wilfred Ndidi's decision to stay at Leicester removes what could have been a large headache for boss Steve Cooper.
There was a degree of expectation, certainly during the course of last season, the midfielder would leave after seven-and-a-half regardless of promotion.
If he can rediscover the form that he showed in his early days at the King Power Stadium where he was their midfield enforcer, it is a coup.
It stops Cooper from searching for a potentially expensive replacement just five weeks before the start of the season, especially having lost Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to Chelsea already this month.
Cooper's squad is slowly coming together after the arrivals of Michael Goulding from Chelsea, Caleb Okoli from Atalanta and Bobby Decordova-Reid's arrival on a free from Fulham.
Interest in Juve's Matias Soule could also pick up with Juventus ready to sell the 21-year-old Argentine, although a price tag that could exceed €30m might prove prohibitive for the Foxes.
Cooper has given everyone a blank slate and those who are in form will be the ones who will play. Ndidi should be one of his key lieutenants next season.