Leciester might be regretting their determination to permit Ayoze Perez to go away on a free switch given how he’s discovered type once more in Spain.
Perez left Leicester in the summertime of 2023 for Spanish facet Actual Betis, the place he scored 11 objectives in 38 appearances in all competitions along with his type incomes him a call-up to the Spain squad for Euro 2024.
The 31-year-old solely performed 12 minutes in Spain’s profitable marketing campaign, however his type for Betis earned him a transfer to Villarreal this summer time.
Leicester could remorse letting Perez go away
Perez has had an outstanding begin to the season with Villarreal and has scored six objectives in seven La Liga matches with solely Robert Lewandowski scoring extra.
The previous Leicester man has scored extra objectives up to now this season than Actual Madrid famous person Kylian Mbappe, while his former facet are nonetheless on the lookout for their first win of the season within the Premier League.
Perez joined Leicester from Newcastle in the summertime of 2019 and made 114 appearances for the Foxes, scoring 15 objectives and gained the FA Cup and Neighborhood Defend throughout his time on the membership.
The ahead featured sparingly throughout his final two seasons on the membership and solely made three begins through the 2022/2023 season by which the Foxes bought relegated and was despatched on mortgage to Actual Betis for the final six months of his deal.
Given Leicester’s struggles in entrance of purpose they may definitely do with Perez and Steve Cooper’s facet are nonetheless very a lot reliant on Jamie Vardy for objectives.
Leicester are but to win this season and face a tough journey to the Emirates on Saturday afternoon, with it already trying like they are going to be going through a troublesome job to remain within the league.
The Foxes at the moment sit fifteenth with three attracts and two defeats from their opening 5 video games and will likely be determined to report their first win of the season as quickly as attainable.
