Club wants “near to €20 million” for him, thus Leicester must up offer by €5 million to secure player.

As has been made very known over the past few weeks, Leicester City is eager to add Jeremie Boga to their attacking lineup.

Brendan Rodgers already wanted the Ivory Coast international in the summer, and the player came close to switching to the King Power Stadium, only for him to back out at the last minute to try and impose him at Atalanta.

He failed to do that during the first half of the campaign, and is now having to face the reality a loan deal in January is best for all parties, as Leicester continues to lurk.

According to La Nazione, relayed by Firenze Viola, Atalanta wants to either sell him ‘immediately or in June’ for a fee ‘close to €20m’.

Therefore, Leicester would have to up their package deal by around €5m to get the nod from Atalanta.

Whether they do remains to be seen, but the Italians’ stance seems rather clear.