Leicester City are set to have four available slots for free agent signings, and with one of the club’s former favourites available after cancelling his contract.

Championship sides are allowed a maximum of 25 players in their official squad list but do not need to register players considered under-21s.

For this campaign, players born in 2004 or later are considered under-21s, meaning nine of Marti Cifuentes’ 30-man group would not need to be registered in City's 25-man squad.

New signing Jordan James was born in 2004, but will need to go onto the 25-man list because all loanees have to be registered no matter their age.

Still, City have plenty of scope to bring in free agents, albeit their enthusiasm to do so may be limited.

That’s especially true for Cifuentes, who still has a b

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