The Foxes were rewarded for a succession of improved performances with a 2-0 victory over Burnley at Turf Moor on Tuesday evening.
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The Nigeria international is currently in his sixth year at the King Power Stadium, with 201 appearances in all competitions being made since January 2017.
The City boss is hoping his defensive shield is at the club for “many, many years” as he gets set to be a subject of transfer interest again this summer, with Aston Villa the latest club to be named as a suitor.
President Matchmakers, Shina Philips, reeled out the nominees for various categories to the media in Lagos on Wednesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the other players who arrived in the early hours of Tuesday morning include three other English-based players, namely: Frank Onyeka (Brentford FC, England); William Ekong (Watford FC, England) and Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion, England).
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Moses Simon from FC Nantes of France was the latest to hit the camp.
Captain Ahmed Musa, midfield enforcer Wilfred Ndidi and effervescent forward Victor Osimhen made the cut for the party
The Foxes won the FA Cup for the first time in their history in May, defeating Chelsea 1-0 at Wembley courtesy of Youri Tielemans’ superb second-half strike.
The 1994 Africa Cup of Nations winner pointed out that Ndidi still has a way to go before he is on the same level as Sunday Oliseh, who was one of the best defensive midfielders in the world at the height of his career.
Blunt, fair, and honest, the Super Eagles midfielder provided quick fire answers to a series of questions around and outside football.
The Nigerian, according to report is one of the three midfielders, Chelsea could sign in the January transfer window, with N’Golo Kante continuing to struggle with injuries this season.
Wilfred Ndidi, Joe Aribo, Alex Iwobi and Moses Simon have been saddled with midfield role.
The Spanish side have one of the world’s finest defensive midfielders in Brazil’s Carlos Henrique Casimiro, commonly called Casemiro, but they have no like-for-like alternative to the 29-year-old.
According to a report by Spanish outlet Fichajes, Real Madrid intend to sign Ndidi in the January transfer window.
Ndidi has signed up with Octagon having previously been with the Germany-based FirstEleven International Sports Management firm.
The Leicester City player has missed seven games during that time, but he was a surprise inclusion on the bench at the weekend for the defeat against Arsenal.
The midfielder has been sidelined with injury for three-and-a-half weeks and has missed the last seven matches.
Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho (both Nigeria), Daniel Amartey (Ghana) and Papy Mendy (Senegal) are all likely to be called up for the tournament, which begins in January, and will miss a handful of City matches as a result.
The player was expected to be out until mid-November but has seemingly come back to fitness ahead of schedule this week.
Despite long-standing speculation regarding their desire to sign a new central midfielder in the summer, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer opted to stick with his current crop of players for that position.