Chipolopolo striker Patson Daka is part of Leicester City’s 25 member registered squad for the 2023/2024 English Championship season.
According to the list confirmed by the English Football League (EFL) and monitored by the ZamFoot Crew, Daka has been registered for the season.
The Zambian international nearly left Leicestershire during the transfer window with Bournemouth almost snatching him on loan on transfer deadline day.
Daka was also linked with a move to Italian Serie A side AC Milan the night before transfer deadline day.
Daka was the chosen one for Rossoneri who wanted to sign a striker during the transfer window.
The 19 time Serie A Champion is believed to have offered 2 million for the players loan and 1.8 million for his salary.
After holding talks with AC Milan, the Zambian looked on course to move to the Vitality Stadium until the deal broke down around 25 minutes before the cut-off.
Daka was also linked with moves to Everton, French Ligue 1 side AS Monaco and Jose Mourinhos AS Roma.
City manager Enzo Maresca sounded unsure if the Zambian striker could still leave the club after the failure of his deadline day deal which worried Zambian fans as he is Chipolopolo’s main striker.
With his registration confirmed by the league Chipolopolo fans will now rest easy.
Players who were born before 2002 have to be registered according to the English Football League rules, with loanees also requiring registration regardless of their age.
That left Leicester with 26 senior players who would require registration, meaning one man would have to be left out.
It has now been confirmed that goalkeeper Alex Smithies is the man who has failed to make the cut and not the Zambian international.
Smithies is now fifth-choice at the club, following the summer arrival of Mads Hermansen and promotion of Jakub Stolarczyk.
New signing Tom Cannon, plus youngsters Wanya Marcal-Madivadua and Ben Nelson, are considered Under-21 players and so do not need to be registered to play in the Championship.
The rules however mean development squad defender Shane Flynn, who was born in 2001, is ineligible to feature in the league.
Below are the 25 players registered by City for this season:
Yunus Akgun
Marc Albrighton
Cesare Casadei
Hamza Choudhury
Conor Coady
Patson Daka
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Callum Doyle
Wout Faes
Mads Hermansen
Kelechi Iheanacho
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
Daniel Iversen
James Justin
Stephy Mavididi
Kasey McAteer
Wilfred Ndidi
Ricardo Pereira
Dennis Praet
Harry Souttar
Jakub Stolarczyk
Jamie Vardy
Jannik Vestergaard
Danny Ward
Harry Winks
