Tom Lawrence is acquired by Derby County from Leicester City in a deal estimated to be worth £7 million.
Tom Lawrence, a forward, has been acquired by Derby County from Leicester for an unknown sum.
Lawrence, a 23-year-old international for Wales, has signed what Derby refer to as “a long-term contract” and is the Rams’ fourth summer acquisition.
Derby County made the following announcement on their official website: “Derby County have moved to bolster their attacking options by completing the signing of Leicester City forward Tom Lawrence.”
The amount involved has not been disclosed by any club, although Derby of the Championship are reportedly paying the Foxes roughly £7 million.
Lawrence played for Ipswich on loan during the previous season and was voted the team’s player of the year after tallying 11 goals in 36 games.
He graduated from the Manchester United youth, but before moving on to Leicester in September 2014, he only made one first-team appearance. He has also spent time on loan at Carlisle, Yeovil, Rotherham, Blackburn, and Cardiff.
Curtis Davies, Andre Wisdom, and Tom Huddlestone were previously acquired by Derby during the summer transfer window.
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The recent injury to Callum Doyle has Enzo Maresca worried about the ‘huge loss’ the defender would cause Leicester City.
The Manchester City loanee, who was pictured leaving the King Power Stadium with a leg brace and crutches, will have a scan on Monday to ascertain the extent of a knee injury.
After the defender departed the King Power Stadium on crutches, Leicester City boss Enzo Maresca expressed hope that the “big loss” of an injury to Callum Doyle would not occur.
Before being replaced by James Justin at halftime of City’s 1-0 victory over Bristol City on Saturday, Doyle had played every single minute of the team’s season. Then, following the game, he was observed getting up from the ground while using crutches and his left leg was in a brace.
Maresca stated that the Manchester City loanee had injured his knee and will have a scan to ascertain the severity of the ailment on Monday. Doyle going in for a block tackle may have been the cause of the issue early in the first half.
Maresca remarked, “He had a problem with his knee.” He will be scanned on Monday, and hopefully nothing will be found because he would be a huge loss.
If the youth is unable to fill in for Doyle, Justin is the obvious choice having filled in for him and making his first home appearance in more than ten months in the process. Maresca asserted that because he is not left-footed, he is not a clear replacement for Doyle.
“When you have a left-footed player there, it’s completely different,” the manager continued. JJ has a right foot. He performed a great job. If Callum is out, we regrettably lack a central defender with a left foot. But we’ll check it out nevertheless.
If Victor Kristiansen had remained with the team, Maresca would have had a natural left-footed player in reserve. The management considered him as Doyle’s possible backup, but the Dane wanted to play left-back exclusively, thus in the final week of the transfer window, he agreed to a loan deal with Bologna in Serie A.
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