Recent Loan Debuts For Three City Stars
- Leicester City’s loan stars continued their progress over the weekend
- A total of ten Foxes featured in four separate countries
- Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Admiral Muskwe and Andy King have all recently made their loan debuts
Dewsbury-Hall, 21, captained the Development Squad this campaign before heading to Bloomfield Road last month.
He made an immediate impact, making his Blackpool bow and getting on the scoresheet in a 2-1 defeat by Wycombe Wanderers in League 1, before 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss at Oxford United followed.
Zimbabwe international striker Admiral Muskwe, meanwhile, also made his first appearance for Swindon Town in their 2-1 League 2 success against Exeter City.
An Archie Collins own goal and Hallam Hope’s strike won it for the hosts, as Muskwe came off the bench late on at the County Ground.
Another man to head out on loan in January was experienced midfielder Andy King, who has won the League 1, Championship and Premier League titles with the Foxes.
King has since made two substitute appearances in Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 win at Hull City and their narrow 3-2 loss at Fulham.
In League 2, striker Ryan Loft bagged his sixth goal for Carlisle United in their 2-1 triumph against Walsall in late January.
He then came off the bench at the weekend as Nathan Thomas struck a hat-trick in Carlisle’s 4-1 victory at Forest Green.
In the same division, Mitch Clark went straight into Port Vale’s starting line-up for Saturday’s encounter with Salford at Vale Park.
The young full-back played from start to finish as Salford’s Tom Elliott responded to Cameron Burgess’ own goal in a 1-1 draw in Staffordshire.
Daniel Iversen, meanwhile, has been on loan at Rotherham United since the start of the season and has now made 32 appearances in all competitions in 2019/20.
His most recent came in a 3-2 success over Burton Albion, which saw the Millers open up a three-point gap at the League 1 summit.
Over in Italy, Algeria international winger Rachid Ghezzal came up against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus in Serie A.
Ghezzal played 60 minutes in the 3-0 loss, with Ronaldo scoring twice and centre-back Matthijs de Ligt adding a third in injury time.
There were also two Foxes in loan action in France’s Ligue 1, with Fousseni Diabaté representing Amiens and Adrien Silva featuring for AS Monaco.
Silva played the full 90 minutes, while Islam Slimani did not feature for Robert Moreno’s outfit, who suffered a 3-1 loss to Nimes after being reduced to nine men following the dismissal of both Tiémoué Bakayoko and Gelson Martins.
On the same day, Diabaté was introduced with eight minutes to play as Amiens were held to a goalless draw by Toulouse at Stade de la Licorne.
Finally, Kamal Sowah completed 80 minutes for Belgian Proximus League side OH Leuven in their 2-1 win over KSV Roeselare on Saturday evening.
Sowah has been a key member of Leuven’s side this campaign, as Vincent Euvrard’s men came from behind thanks to efforts from Tom van Hyfte and Thomas Henry.
Wales international George Thomas did not feature for ADO Den Haag in their goalless draw with Vitesse Arnhem, while Filip Benković could make his first appearance for Bristol City on Friday when they face Birmingham City on Friday in the Championship.