How out-of-the-blue transfer will affect Leicester City players, plans and pecking order

In a sense, Leicester City’s fifth transfer under Marti Cifuentes came out of the blue.

Not only did it feel like City were done and dusted with their three deadline-day loan signings, but the name Fran Vieites had not been mentioned in gossip columns outside Spain since his Real Betis departure. He was not a name on City fans’ lips.

But in another sense, it’s a deal that perhaps that should have been seen coming.

Three senior goalkeepers has become the standard, especially at clubs in the Premier League and Championship, and it's an unwritten rule that City have followed closely for the past decade.

So when the transfer window closed with 20-year-old Stevie Bausor, who has never played a senior competitive match, as the third-choice option to Jakub Stolarczyk and Asmir Begovic,