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Drop Okoli - Start Kangasniemi.

Leicester City are crying out for energy, enthusiasm and a little bit of fearlessness. After all we're meant to be fearless aren't we. Ilari Kangasniemi appears to have all three. Drop Okoli. Start Kangasniemi.

09.11.26, 05:00 Updated 09.11.26, 11:35 5 Minute Read

Leicester City are crying out for energy, enthusiasm and a little bit of fearlessness. After all, we're meant to be fearless aren't we? Ilari Kangasniemi appears to have all three.

There are certain players who, within about five minutes of appearing, make you wonder what on earth they’ve been doing sitting on the bench for the previous 85. Ilari Kangasniemi is rapidly becoming one of them.

The young Finn has something that has been in desperately short supply at Leicester City this season: energy. Genuine, infectious, glorious energy. The sort that makes us all a little bit excited, rather than sitting there wondering whether it’s too early to beat the traffic on Aylestone Road.

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Pete Selby

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