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At the moment, Leicester have a number of young players who have begun to become regular fixtures in the team.
Last term we saw the emergence of Hamza Choudhury who went onto start the Foxes’ last three league games of the season. Meanwhile, Harvey Barnes’s excellent form for West Brom, where he scored nine goals, saw him recalled in January and become a regular starter.
However, there is another rising star coming through the ranks who could well be set for a first-team opportunity if recent events are anything to go by.
On the chalkboard
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Behind him in the pecking order is another Dane, Daniel Iversen.
The 21-year-old enjoyed a productive campaign on loan at Oldham in League Two last season where he kept 15 clean sheets in 42 outings.
It was the first senior football of his career but he’s now proving again at youth level why he deserves an opportunity in Leicester’s first-team.
Iversen is Denmark’s number one stopper at the European U21 Championships currently taking place and his latest performance for his country was vital.
With the score deadlocked at 1-1 on Thursday evening, he made a crucial save from a penalty as his side eventually went onto win 3-1.
It was a critical moment in the game as the young ‘keeper put in a performance beyond his age.
During the course of the match, he made three saves in total, adding to the five he had to make against Germany in Denmark’s opening game.
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The Leicester man is arguably at a point in his career now where he needs to be attaining regular minutes. He did so at Oldham last term but it would be considerably harder at a Premier League club to play a similar role.
For the time being, the Foxes’ current back-up keeper is Danny Ward but he only played five games in 2018/19.
Therefore, Brendan Rodgers may be better off rewarding Iversen next term by promotion him to Leicester’s number two instead.
