Summer signing Timothy Castagne has made an instant impact at the King Power Stadium.
The full-back was Brendan Rodgers’ first signing of the window for Leicester City, arriving from Serie A side Atalanta for a reported fee of around £18 million.
Injury to right-back Ricardo Pereira and the sale of Ben Chilwell to Chelsea, meant that City had to start the first game of the season against West Bromwich Albion with different full-backs from the usual pick in the 2019/20 campaign.
James Justin has been at the club since last summer, but mainly played a stand-in role for Periera at right-back.
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However, the England U21 international started at left-back for the game at the Hawthorns, with Castagne slotting in his more usual right-back role.
The Belgian international introduced himself to Leicester by scoring the opening goal of the game.
Castagne is likely to be moved to the left-back position upon the return of Periera, but with such impressive performances on the other side, would the full-back be as effective if moved across the pitch?
There has been good signs for Leicester fans during the international break, where Castagne has joined up with the Belgium national team.
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The Red Devils played a friendly against Ivory Coast on Thursday evening, with Castagne playing a left wing-back role.
The 24-year-old is said to have put in an impressive performance on the left of the field in the 1-1 draw, with the full-back being named as man of the match in some quarters.
Castagne impressing on the left side of the pitch for his country can only be a good thing for Leicester ahead of Ricardo Pereira’s return to action in the not too distant future.
