Brighton and Aston Villa go head-to-head in bid to sign Leicester City striker Leonardo Ulloa

Daily Mail | January 21, 2018

Brighton are looking to add more firepower in their relegation battle by joining Aston Villa in the chase for Leicester striker Leonardo Ulloa.

Chris Hughton's side broke their transfer record on Friday by signing PSV's Jurgen Locadia for £14.5million but are still interested in Ulloa provided they can find another club for their Israeli striker Tomer Hemed.

Promotion-chasing Villa would also like Ulloa with Jonathan Kodija set to miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury.

Leicester City striker Leonardo Ulloa is attracting interest from Brighton and Aston Villa

Jamie Vardy has been in fine form as Leicester's first-choice striker — The Argentine forward has fallen out of favour to Jamie Vardy, Shinji Okazaki and Islam Slimani

The impact of Shinji Okazaki has seen Ulloa deemed surplus to requirements

Islam Slimani is ahead of Ulloa in the current strikers pecking order

Ulloa, 31, was part of the Leicester squad that won the Premier League two years ago but is behind Jamie Vardy, Islam Slimani, Shinji Okazaki and Kelechi Iheanacho in the current pecking order at the King Power Stadium.