A different Leicester City could return from the international break with the weight of the transfer window lifted off the collective shoulders of the squad.

City could still sell players to one of the markets that remain open, such as in Turkey and Saudi Arabia, and they could still add free agents as they did with Fran Vieites at the weekend.

But otherwise their squad is settled and that makes a big difference to manager Marti Cifuentes as he looks to lead the club to victories.

During the final fortnight of the window, the Spaniard felt he had to leave Bilal El Khannouss out of the line-up, such was the distraction of talk around his future.

While no further omissions were made because of transfers, James Justin, who captained City in the first two weeks of the campaign, admitted

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