Kaba Sherif Striving To Show His Very Best
On Monday, the Club's youngsters host Blackburn Rovers at Holmes Park – the setting of Kaba Sherif’s most recent outing for the Foxes, an outstanding personal display against Reading.
While City fell to an International Cup defeat in Whetstone last Monday, this week’s visit of Blackburn offers them with a chance to double their league points tally to six.
Kaba Sherif has become a reliable source of midfield steel for the Under-23s and he credits their recent successes to a close-knit changing room environment.
Kaba Sherif Hopes To Take His Chance
Development Squad midfielder Lamine Kaba Sherif catches up with LCFC TV ahead of Monday's fixture against Everton.
“It’s a great place to be honest,” he told LCFC TV ahead of Monday’s live broadcast. “Everybody gets on and we fight for each other which I think is important for any team to be successful.
“On the back of last year, we did well but I would have wanted to play more games than I did, but I did have some injuries which have passed now so I’m fit and ready to show what I’ve got.
“I want to put in some performances and hopefully get the opportunity to get the manager to see me and see where it takes me.”
That’s a common motif in interviews with City’s Development Squad stars. While performances lead to points which, in turn, improve their chances of silverware, catching Claude Puel’s eye is also an aim.
It’s no different for Kaba Sherif and the 19-year-old knows that only he is in control of whether or not he is able to make the step up to Puel’s first team.
“I’ve got up and running, I’m just trying to give myself the best possible chance of playing and being in the starting line-up every week in every game,” he added.
In Brief: Leicester City U23s 0 Reading U23s 2
The goals from the Leicester City Development Squad's Premier League International Cup defeat by Reading at Holmes Park.
“It’s about just trying to give my input into the team, trying to give what I can. For me, it’s all about being the best I can be in every game, perform and show the coaches what I can do.
“It’s been a decent start [but] I hope to do more, I hope to improve, get better and excel.”
However, Blackburn are likely to pose a stern test for Leicester’s Under-23s on Monday after winning promotion from Division 2 of the youth league structure last term.
Kaba Sherif continued: “They couldn’t have won it without being very good, so I think on Monday they’ll be compact, they’ll be hard workers and there will be talented lads in there.
“The threat they will give us is solidity and we’ll have to find a way to break them down, work harder than them and fitness-wise, we’ll have to be up for it, we’ll have to be fitter than them.
“Of course, we can’t underestimate them because newly-promoted teams always have that ambition and that drive because they’ve gone up another step.
“They’re going to be ready and pumped up for it, especially at the start of the new season, they’re going to be excited to play whichever team comes their way so we must be ready.”
Live coverage of Monday's clash with Blackburn Rovers Under-23s, where you can watch this interview in full, begins at 6:45pm on LCFC TV.