{"id":33031,"date":"2025-12-15T00:38:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/player-returns-to-leicester-city-after-difficult-transfer\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T00:38:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:38:28","slug":"player-returns-to-leicester-city-after-difficult-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/player-returns-to-leicester-city-after-difficult-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Player returns to Leicester City after &#8216;difficult&#8217; transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/player-returns-to-leicester-city-after-difficult-transfer\/#Bilal_El_Kanus_beat_Leicester\" >Bilal El Kanus beat Leicester<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/player-returns-to-leicester-city-after-difficult-transfer\/#El_Cannous_fans_will_be_disappointed_fans\" >El Cannous fans will be disappointed fans<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leicester City midfielder Bilal El Kanous is currently on loan at German club VfB Stuttgart.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The midfielder has performed very well with the German national team and is expected to join on a permanent transfer. The Moroccan international has no desire to return to an English club in the future and has made some rather harsh comments about Leicester in the past.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bilal_El_Kanus_beat_Leicester\"><\/span>Bilal El Kanus beat Leicester<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It looks like players have taken a swipe at their championship outfits again. In a recent interview, the midfielder explained that Leicester City had made it very difficult for him to leave in the summer and that he was perplexed by the resistance from the club as he had a release clause in his contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We reached an agreement with Stuttgart. They were always there,&#8221; he added (h\/t SportWitness).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And to be honest, this summer was not easy, but I am happy. It was difficult to find a way out of Leicester. Leicester did not make it easy for me. What I especially did not understand was why it did not work out, even though I had a release clause.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"El_Cannous_fans_will_be_disappointed_fans\"><\/span>El Cannous fans will be disappointed fans<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bilal-El-Khannouss-of-Leicester-City-414x318.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bilal-El-Khannouss-of-Leicester-City-630x484.jpg.webp 630w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bilal-El-Khannouss-of-Leicester-City-768x589.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bilal-El-Khannouss-of-Leicester-City-770x591.jpg.webp 770w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bilal-El-Khannouss-of-Leicester-City-900x691.jpg.webp 900w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bilal-El-Khannouss-of-Leicester-City.jpg.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 630px, (min-width:900px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 97vw, (min-width:414px) 414px, 100vw\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bilal El Kanous playing for Leicester City (Photo by Michael Regan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His comments will not go down well with Leicester City fans. It is clear that he is not happy with the way his transfers were handled during the summer transfer window. However, he should have treated the club more professionally.<\/p>\n<p>Although he does not want to play for them again and wants to compete at a higher level, Leicester City played an important role in his development. They gave him valuable Premier League experience and fans would have expected the player to show more respect for the club.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see if he can sort out his long-term future and focus on his football. There is no doubt that he is a talented player with a promising future and deserves to compete at a high level.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle&#8217;s target is El Cannous.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leicester City midfielder Bilal El Kanous is currently on loan at German club VfB Stuttgart. The midfielder has performed very well with the German national team and is expected to join on a permanent transfer. The Moroccan international has no desire to return to an English club in the future and has made some rather [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-33031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}