The latest episode of BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast has landed.
Listen to Owynn Palmer-Atkin, ex-Leicester winger Matt Piper and a Foxes fan review the 4-0 defeat by Everton and assess the lack of transfer activity at the King Power.
Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesSunderland's substantial offer for Leicester City midfielder Kasey McAteer has been rejected.
It is slightly less than the initial £8m reported, but it has been turned down by the Foxes.
The 23-year-old has made 15 appearances for the club this season and has featured six times under current boss Ruud Van Nistelrooy.
The academy graduate, who is also a Republic of Ireland international, has scored seven goals in 45 appearances for the club and won the Championship with the Foxes last season.
Sunderland are fourth in the Championship and face Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium tonight.
Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesLeicester are another club expected to have a relatively uneventful deadline day.
Right-back Woyo Coulibaly is Ruud Van Nistelrooy's only signing this month, having joined from Parma for around £3m.
The manager said the club would work "until the last second" of the window to bring in reinforcements but unless there is some late drama it looks like it will be a quiet day at the King Power Stadium.
The Foxes - third bottom of the Premier League - still need to work within of profit and sustainability restrictions.
The club also need to be mindful of bringing in players who can make a difference, having signed Odsonne Edouard on loan from Crystal Palace on deadline day in the summer, only for the striker to have made four substitute appearances in the top flight so far this season.
England Under-20 winger Will Alves has joined Cardiff on loan and Wilfred Ndidi had interest from Monaco but Van Nistelrooy has already ruled out selling the Nigeria international midfielder.
Defender Caleb Okoli - who is yet to start for Van Nistelrooy having joined from Atalanta for around £12m under Steve Cooper in the summer - is also currently set to stay.
Cardiff City have signed Leicester City's Will Alves on loan until the end of the season.
The 19-year-old midfielder has made five senior appearances, including a Premier League debut as a substitute against Manchester City in December.
The Foxes have sanctioned Alves' move to Wales as they are keen for him to gain more first-team experience.
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It's the last day of the winter transfer window and Premier League clubs have until 23:00 GMT to complete their business.
We'll bring you all the news, views, twists and turns as the clock ticks down to deadline.
We asked you what would ensure you are satisfied this deadline day.
Here are some of your comments:
Chris: We need a striker, and we need to stop the attempts to clone Jamie Vardy because he's simply unique. With our budget constraints, that means looking at youngsters who are big, strong, and good in the air.
Steve: It is well known that our central defensive partnership is a real weakness and without at least one competent new central defender, we will certainly be relegated. Leicester also need an attacking winger and a striker to help Vardy. He is a legend and gives his all for the club, but he needs help.
Chris: Nothing realistic will help, because for that we need an entire back line, two wingers and a striker. So, instead I'll say that I hope we don't make another useless panic signing or sign any more players that are 30-plus on three-year deals.
James: To put a twist on the Andrew Lloyd-Webber classic, it's more a case of "Any Signing Will Do", to add to the acquisition of a £3m full-back who has been barely used since. However, since the persistent shadow of financial incompetence lingers, even one desperately-needed incoming transfer for anywhere on the pitch is unlikely.
Paul: Two decent central defenders.
Neil: I don't think we should sign anyone. This club will be relegated and we should adjust our expenditure to Championship revenues accordingly. Signing players in January has not often been successful for Leicester and I can't see that signing one or two players will make any marked difference to a squad that is bereft of Premier League quality.
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Leicester City interim manager Mike Stowell says the Foxes showed "no resilience and no fight" during their 4-0 defeat at Everton, adding there appeared to be "a real poor understanding" between Ruud van Nistelrooy and his players.
Speaking on BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast, Stowell said: "It was really disappointing. It was a tough watch and I never saw it coming. I would have said the win at Tottenham felt like it had turned the season around, especially off the back of what Ruud has been saying about them training with more intensity.
"We saw none of that in this game. We saw no resilience and no fight. I know you can go anywhere in the Premier League and get beaten, but it is the manner in which it happened. It was lacklustre.
"There was no fight. You don't have to be skilful to run around. You don't have to be skilful to win your battles or your headers.
"We weren't asking for amazing things from the players. We were just asking for them to do their job and do it at a level they are getting paid to do it for, but that was nowhere near.
"To concede a goal like that after 10 seconds just set the tone - and then there was no reaction. It's fine to go a goal down, especially after 10 seconds because it gives you a long enough period to get a goal back, but there was none of that.
"They looked like they didn't want to score a goal to get back in it. There was a real lack of effort and almost an acceptance that it was done at that point. It was almost like a damage limitation exercise, but even that didn't work out."
Let's be realistic.
Instead of setting sights high only for dreams to get dashed, we want to know what the minimum requirement is for Leicester on deadline day.
Be as specific as possible and tell us what will ensure you are satisfied come 23:00 GMT on Monday.
Image source, Getty ImagesWe asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Everton and Leicester City.
Here are some of your comments:
Everton fans
Robbie: What a start to the game - the quickest any home team has ever delivered in the Premier League. Garner's return made such a difference and Beto looked like a Premier League player for the first time. Let's build on this and win the last derby at Goodison Park.
Peter: Who would have thought that passing the ball forward on the ground- instead of sideways and backwards, then lumping it forward - would create chances? Hardly rocket science, is it?
Bill: There was something in my drink because I have just enjoyed watching the mighty Blues win - and win by four goals!
Jeff: Dominic Calvert-Lewin's injury is the best thing that could have happened for Everton this season. Beto has grabbed his chance and we are so much better with him instead. We are pretty much safe now.
Keith: Three consecutive wins and eight goals scored. Here's to all those naysayers who rubbished this appointment. No other manager out there could have turned it around so emphatically. Moyes and Everton just works.
Leicester fans
John: Abysmal! The speed of play was simply too fast for all of the defence, who were left wanting throughout the match. The dreadful performance was compounded further by a lack of creativity in midfield. In short, I am embarrassed to be a Leicester City supporter at present.
Steve: Dreadful! How can we have higher possession and no goals? We need to stop playing Faes immediately, I've never got over him scoring two own goals in one game! That alone will at least give us a fairer chance of staying up.
Martyn: I really hope that is Vestergaard's last game. He clearly evidenced that he is way too slow. We need to play Okoli as he is quick and strong. Coady should start too, along with Mavididi instead of Ayew. Freshen up the defence please, just like Moyes has done at Everton.
Tony: It is sad to watch this Leicester team. Trouble is, they are not a team. They are just individuals kicking a ball around, who seem to have no faith and are resigned to playing Championship football next season.
Nathan: Sadly this is going to come down to whether Ipswich and Wolves can both somehow be worse than us. Another woeful showing, particularly defensively. It could be a long stint in the Championship ahead, if recruitment isn't right.
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Image source, Getty ImagesLeicester City boss Ruud van Nistelrooy has been speaking to BBC Sport about the heavy defeat at Goodison Park: "If you look at the scoreboard after 10 seconds and after five minutes, if you look at the goals, of course you don't do yourself any favours to come here and get a result starting like that.
"You look at the first goal - it was a long ball, a duel, and Doucoure is in. The second goal - it was one ball down the channel. They are good finishes. They were very effective. We know that at the start of the game you have to stay in the game. You know it will be intense and hard at Goodison Park. We gave ourselves a big problem to get a result.
"You always think about changes, but at 2-0 you have some options and at 3-0 you have very limited options. We carried on for 15 minutes and then made substitutes.
"We worked hard for that [Tottenham] result and turning good performances into points. It took a lot of work to get ourselves out of the relegation zone. It is a hard one to take, credit to Everton. They have been great against Spurs, Brighton and in this one. We have to take it on the chin and improve.
"It's the little things. The first duel and sharpness to act accordingly. It can happen, it is football. We know the situation we are in. We are together and we want to push forward and get out of this situation."
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Six matches make up Saturday's Premier League action and BBC Sport will bring you every kick.
Nottingham Forest v Brighton (12:30)
AFC Bournemouth v Liverpool - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
Everton v Leicester City
Ipswich Town v Southampton
Newcastle v Fulham
Wolves v Aston Villa (17:30) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
All kick-off times 15:00 GMT unless stated
Both of these teams got good wins last week, but it's hard to know what to make of Leicester beating Tottenham because of the spell Spurs are going through.
I don't see that result as meaning the Foxes have turned a corner, but it was massive for them after seven straight league defeats.
What a player Leicester striker Jamie Vardy is by the way. He seems to be getting quicker, at the age of 38, and is still scoring really important goals for them.
It was Everton's victory at Brighton that impressed me the most, though.
They are still not going to be free-scoring but the centre-back partnership between James Tarkowski and Jarrad Branthwaite, with Jordan Pickford behind them, has given new boss David Moyes the foundation he wants.
I am backing them to edge this game too, which would give Moyes a hat-trick of wins and a bit of breathing space over the bottom four.
Sutton's prediction: 1-0
Image source, Getty ImagesSeventeen of the 35 Premier League meetings between Leicester and Everton have been drawn, the highest percentage for any fixture that has been played 30 or more times in the competition (49%).
Image source, Getty ImagesRuud van Nistelrooy hopes Leicester can build on the foundations laid last weekend as they travel to Everton on Saturday.
The Foxes beat Tottenham on Sunday to move one point outside the relegation zone. Victory at Goodison Park would also bring the Toffees back within a win of Leicester and Van Nistelrooy is keen to carry on where they left off at Spurs.
"I think one thing was our defensive shape and organisation - the way we worked together to stop Tottenham playing," he said. "On that foundation we built a result and we were capable to score our goals and make the difference.
"Against Spurs, you saw a very well-organised team that defended well, was very compact and also on the ball we showed what we can do away from home against a team like that.
"Of course, momentum is when you celebrate a deserved win. [It was also] three points that we can add to our total, which [gives] the energy, confidence and momentum we want to keep going.
"We're in the middle of that progression, of that development. Results and performances have been talked about a lot and rightly so."
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Northern Ireland manager and Foxes youth product Ian Baraclough says Bilal El Khannouss has flourished at Leicester since being given more game time.
"When you throw young players in you're never sure what you're going to get from them," Baraclough told BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast.
"He's one that has totally flourished with that game time, with the responsibility of being the number 10.
"He's 20 years of age. He's still learning, still developing physically, still learning how to deal with certain situations on and off the pitch.
"These new signings, when they're brought into the club and they're young, I think you have to take the pressure off them a little bit. Don't expect them just to hit the ground running and he's now finding his feet.
"It is Premier League football in a team that has been struggling but he is consistently now putting game after game together and becoming one of the first names on the team sheet."
The latest episode of BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast has landed.
Owynn Palmer-Atkin is joined by former Northern Ireland manager Ian Baraclough to discuss injuries, transfers and the increasing impact of Bilal El Khannouss.
Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
