Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri could give a debut to record signing Islam Slimani against Liverpool on Saturday even though the Algeria striker is yet to train with the Premier League champions.
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The Foxes midfielder was left on the bench for the friendly in Moscow as the Black Stars lost to the Europeans. Show me. You have to fight and say “hey Sam I am ready to play”.
“He’s refreshed, he trained very well”, the Italian said.
“It wasn’t only Jamie who didn’t play”.
“A lot of my players go around the world without playing. That’s good. They recover a little more”. That is very important.
“I also want to say thank you to my agent who brought me back to England one year ago and want to say thank you to my wife; 40 years are so long, but so short”.
The post Claudio Ranieri delighted DanielAmartey didn’t play in Ghana’s friendly with Russian Federation appeared first on Football Ghana. “He holds the ball very well and he is good in the air”, Ranieri said.
Slimani joined Leicester from Sporting Lisbon for an initial fee of around £28 million on August 31 and is only due to arrive at his new club on Friday after global duty. Slimani has been away on worldwide duty with Algeria and had still not arrived back at the club by the time Ranieri was giving his pre-match press conference on Thursday afternoon.
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“I’ve spoken to him and he’s ready because he’s played all the matches for Sporting Lisbon”. But also we have the chance to put the high ball in and he makes the second ball, and also he is very competitive and presses very well. Of course we bought him because we believe in his ability.
