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Iheanacho and Ndidi condemned to serving relegation terms as seven other players leave Leicester City

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Nigeria’s Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho are among the players to remain at Leicester City following the relegation of the 2016 English Premier League champions.

However, seven other players will leave the club at the end of this month  when their contracts expire.

Among such players jumping the ship are Youri Tielemans, Caglar Soyuncu, Daniel Amartey, Nampalys Mendy, Ryan Bertrand, Ayoze Perez and Tete.

“The Football Club extends its thanks to all seven players for their contributions during their time with Leicester City and wishes them every success in the next stages of their respective careers,” Leicester said in a statement.

Dean Smith’s side failed to stay in the English top flight this season and were relegated after finishing 18th.

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The club added that they are still in talks with captain Jonny Evans to extend his contract.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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