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Leicester to agree £50m buy-back clause

The on-going deal to take Kelechi Iheanacho to Leicester finally appears to be complete, with the finer details being ironed out this week. There’s little over a week before the Premier League season kicks off, and we expected this one to be done and dusted long before now. With a transfer fee agreed between City and Leicester, the players wage demands met, the last hurdle was a buy-back clause The Citizens wanted inserted into the contract, allowing them to retrieve the Nigerian if he goes on to reach the level City believe he is capable of. Leicester didn’t want to play ball initially, preferring an all-or-nothing deal, but they appear to have met in the middle. Kelechi will now go to the King Power, and return for £50m, if City fancy having him back. That seems to work for both parties.

Sunderland line-up Ross McCormack

Ross McCormack looks likely to leave John Terry and Aston Villa behind to jump ship and join Championship rivals Sunderland in time for the weekend. Local publications say the wheels are in motion to get that one moving quickly, but it’ll come as a surprise to fans, who expected big things for their team this season, with McCormack playing a part in firing them towards promotion back to the Premier League. To make things all the more confusing, it looks like the Scottish scorer will be off to the Stadium of Light on a one-year loan, as The Black Cats aim to improve on what has been a torrid year. They were hammered 5-0 by Celtic last weekend in a friendly, and that set alarm bells ringing.

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