The competition for places at Leicester City is “incredible”, midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has said, even with the club yet to reinvigorate the squad with new signings. After setting up both goals in City’s 2-1 win over Preston on Saturday,
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall said: “I’ll be honest, the competition in the squad at the moment is incredible. We play 11 v 11 games in training and you’d think it’s like a Premier League game because the standard of both teams is really good. I feel like everybody’s come back hungry. We’ve got a squad of 30 players, and we’ve got a lot of internationals in there and a lot of hungry players. I think it’s just about making sure every player’s at the best level they can be and then whatever happens in and out of the football club will take care of itself. As long as everybody who is here now is giving their best, it’s only going to be good for the club.”
In the victory over Preston as well as in the 3-1 victory at Derby and 4-0 success at Hull, City have shown plenty of fluidity in attack as they gear up to host Brentford in their curtain-raiser. With nobody new to bed into the team, everybody knows their team-mates’ games inside out.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall added: “That is a good point. I feel like everybody in the squad has played with each other before, we know each other’s strengths and weaknesses, we train with each other every day so it is good. It is about building relationships on the pitch, that’s when you play your best football. I have got a lot of good friends in this team, everybody gets along, we are a family club so everybody wants to works hard for each other. That is the same if a player comes in, he has to come into the group and do the same thing but while everyone is together, it is only a good thing because everyone knows each other’s game.”
