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Leicester City Plot Bid for £15m Rated Lokomotiv Moscow Defender

According to reports in Russia, Leicester City are planning a £15m move for Lokomotiv Moscow's 26-year-old defender Solomon Kvirkvelia.

Ahead of the upcoming 2018/19 season, Leicester boss Claude Puel has targeted the defence as a key area of the Foxes lineup to strengthen, with Kvirkvelia, formerly of Rubin Kazan, identified as an ideal candidate to bolster the back line.

Subsequently, Russian news outlet Izvestia has claimed that the Foxes would be willing to pay up to £15m to bring the Georgian stalwart to the King Power Stadium.

Standing at 6ft 5in, Kvirkvelia would prove an excellent long-term replacement for 2016 league-winning centre back Robert Huth, who was released from the club this summer at the age of 33-years-old.