Ego's out, desire in suggests Nigel Pearson, as he brings in players to “enhance” squad

Nigel Pearson's summer clear out has been criticised in some quaters of the local press.

Some 'named' signings that last seasons manager Sven Goran Eriksson brought in have been shown the door, replaced by young unknown quantities in the view many Leicester fans.

City's manager seems to find wealth in who he buys though, Danny Drinkwater and Ben Marshall two prime examples of that, and Pearson is sticking to his methods, happy to bring in younger players, hungry with a point to prove.

Ritchie De Laet, a 23 year old signing from Manchester United is one of three summer signings for Leicester’s senior ranks up to now and it was the defenders attitude, as well as ability, that convinced Pearson to sign him.

"He wants to progress his career - the most important thing from my position is that he wanted to come here and play for us.”

This desire is something Pearson feels that some of last seasons 'big names' lacked and is stamping out any existing ‘ego’s’ at the club with his hard working values.

“When you cast your mind back to some of the criticism that were made of us last year, players coming in with these sort of values will only enhance what we have.”